Magnetometers are widely used for LEO small satellites attitude determination and control system. In order to estimate satellite dynamics and control attitude accurately, scale factor and bias of magnetometer must be estimated. In this study a linear Kalman filter (LKF) based algorithm for the estimation of magnetometer biases and scale factors is proposed. Proposed algorithms are simulated thr...

in this paper, an adaptive attitude control algorithm is developed based on neural network for a satellite using four reaction wheels in a tetrahedron configuration. then, an attitude control based on feedback linearization control has been designed and uncertainties in the moment of inertia matrix and disturbances torque have been considered. in order to eliminate the effect of these uncertain...

in this paper, we try to use modeling based on singular perturbation theory, in order to control satellite attitude during the wide rolling angle maneuvering through nonlinear h∞ control strategy. differential equations describing dynamics of the satellite are presented first, and by choosing the appropriate dynamic model for actuators and based on the standard singular perturbation model, the ...

The goal of the present study is to develop a decentralized coordinated attitude control algorithm for satellite formation flying. To handle the nonlinearity of the dynamic system, the problems of absolute and relative attitude dynamics are formulated for the State-Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) technique. The SDRE technique is for the first time utilized as a nonlinear controller of the rel...

These days, nano (1 kg – 10 kg ) and micro (10 kg – 100 kg) – satellites, which are smaller than conventional large satellite, provide space access to broader range of satellite developers and attract interests as an application of the space developments because of shorter development period at smaller cost. Several new nanoand micro-satellite missions are proposed with sophisticated objectives...

In recent years there has been an increasing need to improve satellite attitude control performance in terms of agility and attitude accuracy in large-angle attitude maneuvers. To achieve such control performance, single-gimbal control moment gyros (SGCMGs) should be mounted as modern-type actuators. Conventionally, based on the torque command calculated by the attitude control system of the sa...

Satellites provide various services essential to the modern life of human being. For example, satellite images are used for many applications such as reconnaissance, geographic information system, etc. Therefore, design and operation requirements of the satellite system have become more severe, and also the system reliability during the operation is required. Satellite attitude control systems ...

In this paper, an efficient method is presented to control the attitude of a satellite with ON-OFF actuator. The main objective of this novel method is to control the amplitude of the limit cycle which commonly appears in the steady state of such systems; and at the same time by consideration of real actuator constraints, reduce the fuel consumption of system. The Proposed method is a combinati...