A dynamic testbed for nanosatellites attitude verification

D Modenini, A Bahu, G Curzi, A Togni - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
To enable a reliable verification of attitude determination and control systems for
nanosatellites, the environment of low Earth orbits with almost disturbance-free rotational …

Characterizing an air-bearing testbed for simulating spacecraft dynamics and control

Z Huang, W Zhang, T Chen, H Wen, D ** - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ground-based testbeds play a critical role in develo** and testing different methods of
spacecraft dynamics and control. To find the dynamic behavior in such an air-bearing …

Attitude control system for the Mars Cube One spacecraft

D Sternberg, J Essmiller, C Colley… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CubeSats are small spacecraft based on a 10cm by 10cm by 10cm (1U) cube standard that
have historically only been operated in Earth orbit. Mars Cube One (MarCO) is the first …

[PDF][PDF] A six degree-of-freedom spacecraft dynamics simulator for formation control research

YK Nakka, RC Foust, ES Lupu… - 2018 AAS/AIAA …, 2018 - authors.library.caltech.edu
This paper presents a new six-degree-of-freedom robotic spacecraft simulator, the Multi-
Spacecraft Testbed for Autonomy Research (M-STAR), for testing formation guidance …

Implementation and hardware-in-the-loop simulation of a magnetic detumbling and pointing control based on three-axis magnetometer data

MS Farissi, S Carletta, A Nascetti, P Teofilatto - Aerospace, 2019 - mdpi.com
The subject of this work is the implementation and experimental testing of a purely magnetic
attitude control strategy, which can provide stabilization after the deployment and pointing of …

Attitude Analysis of Small Satellites Using Model‐Based Simulation

SA Rawashdeh - International Journal of Aerospace …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
CubeSats, and small satellites in general, being small and relatively light, are sensitive to
disturbance torques in the orbital environment. We developed a simulation tool that includes …

Jet propulsion laboratory small satellite dynamics testbed planar air-bearing propulsion system characterization

JD Wapman, DC Sternberg, K Lo, M Wang… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
The Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed (SSDT) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers
infrastructure that supports small satellite guidance and control testing in a relevant …

Automatic mass balancing system for a dynamic CubeSat attitude simulator: development and experimental validation

A Bahu, D Modenini - CEAS Space Journal, 2020 - Springer
This paper describes the automatic balancing and inertia identification system for three
degrees of freedom CubeSat attitude simulator testbed. For a reliable verification of the …

Extended mission technology demonstrations using the asteria spacecraft

L Fesq, P Beauchamp, A Donner… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ASTERIA (Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research In Astrophysics) is a CubeSat
space telescope currently operating in low-Earth orbit. It is expected to remain in orbit at …

Model-based hybrid control of combined active–passive vertical zero-gravity system

N Qi, Y Qiao, W Feng, S Fan, C Liu, Z Yu, Y Xue, M Huo… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Ground-based full-scale physical experiments on spacecraft have become an essential part
of ground simulations. However, achieving a vertical translational degree of freedom for zero …