Earth imaging satellites have typically been large systems with highly accurate and expensive sensors. With the recent push for Operationally Responsive Space, Earth imagining has become potentially achievable with small and relatively inexpensive satellites. This has led to the research currently underway to develop very small, low-cost imaging satellites that can produce useful Operational-level and Tactical-level imagery products. This thesis contributes to that effort by developing a detailed design for the attitude determination system for a tactically useful earth-imaging nano-satellite. Tactical Imaging Nano-sat Yielding Small-Cost Operations and Persistent Earth coverage (TINYSCOPE) is an ongoing investigation at NPS, concerning using a nano-satellite, based on the CubeSat standard, to achieve Earth imaging from LEO orbit. A detailed design of the attitude determination system includes sensor selection and characterization, as well as high fidelity simulation via MATLAB/Simulink. The attitude determination system is based on an Extended Kalman Filter using multiple sensor types and data rates. The sensors include a star tracker, Sun Sensor, Gyroscope, and Magnetometer.
Design and Simulation of a Nano-Satellite Attitude Determination System
2009
148 pages
Report
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English
Avionics , Computer Software , Navigation Systems , Optical Detection , Unmanned Spacecraft , Common Carrier & Satellite , Attitude control systems , Star trackers , Artificial satellites , Kalman filtering , Gyroscopes , Theses , Images , Sun , Data rate , Earth(Planet) , Simulation , Determination , Multisensors , Low costs , Detectors , Magnetometers , Selection , Attitude determination , Nanosatellites , Tinyscope(Tactical imaging nanosat yielding small cost operations and persistent earth coverage) , Adacs(Attitude determination and control system) , Ads(Attitude determination system) , Cubesat , Imu(Inertial measurement units) , Leo orbits
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