A device for determining the attitude or variation in attitude of a satellite fitted with an attitude control system comprising at least one inertial actuator. The inertial actuator comprises a rotary element mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotation of the rotary element is controlled to generate a torque to control controlling the attitude of the satellite. The angular sensor of the device measures the angular rotation of the rotary element about its axis of rotation. The computation unit determines the attitude or variation in attitude of the satellite induced by the rotation of the rotary element as a function of the measurements of angular rotation of the rotary element by the angular sensor. A satellite carrying such a device and a method for determining the attitude or variation in attitude.
DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE DE DETERMINATION D'ATTITUDE D'UN SATELLITE, ET SATELLITE EMBARQUANT UN TEL DISPOSITIF
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ATTITUDE DETERMINATION OF A SATELLITE, AND SATELLITE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR LAGEBESTIMMUNG EINES SATELLITEN, UND SATELLIT MIT EINER SOLCHEN VORRICHTUNG
2018-11-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
French
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