Guidance Stabilization of Satellites Using the Geomagnetic Field

In the last years the small satellites have played an important role in the technological development. The attractive short period of design and low cost of them and the capacity to solve problems that are usually considered as problems to big and expensive spacecrafts lead us to study the control p...

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Main Author: Francisco Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/231935
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description In the last years the small satellites have played an important role in the technological development. The attractive short period of design and low cost of them and the capacity to solve problems that are usually considered as problems to big and expensive spacecrafts lead us to study the control problem of these satellites. Active three-axis magnetic attitude stabilization of a low Earth orbit satellite is considered in this work. The control is created by interaction between the magnetic moment generated by magnetorquers mounted on the satellite body and the geomagnetic field. This problem is quite complex and difficult to solve. To overcome this difficulty guidance control is considered, where we use ε-strategies introduced by Pontryagin in the frame of differential games theory. Qualitative analysis and results of numerical simulation are presented.
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spelling doaj-art-3e59bb68592249649545ed13e2de219a2025-02-03T01:32:38ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742012-01-01201210.1155/2012/231935231935Guidance Stabilization of Satellites Using the Geomagnetic FieldFrancisco Miranda0Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications, University of Aveiro, PortugalIn the last years the small satellites have played an important role in the technological development. The attractive short period of design and low cost of them and the capacity to solve problems that are usually considered as problems to big and expensive spacecrafts lead us to study the control problem of these satellites. Active three-axis magnetic attitude stabilization of a low Earth orbit satellite is considered in this work. The control is created by interaction between the magnetic moment generated by magnetorquers mounted on the satellite body and the geomagnetic field. This problem is quite complex and difficult to solve. To overcome this difficulty guidance control is considered, where we use ε-strategies introduced by Pontryagin in the frame of differential games theory. Qualitative analysis and results of numerical simulation are presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/231935
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Guidance Stabilization of Satellites Using the Geomagnetic Field
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title Guidance Stabilization of Satellites Using the Geomagnetic Field
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