Session
Poster Session 2
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
The growing market for small satellites requires agile, efficient and compact attitude and determination control systems (ADCS) to improve mission performance, enable optical satellite communication (quantum) and improve data observation, increasing precision and agility in control. Reaction wheels are the most widely used active attitude control systems; they offer the advantages of high angular momentum and reduced space, despite problems such as saturation and maximum torque limitations that seriously limit the operability of their satellites, including long pointing wait times and the recovery of momentum-generating capacity (desaturation).
Document Type
Event
Improving Attitude Determination Control System in Small Satellites for Enhancing Data Observation and Enabling Quantum Communication
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
The growing market for small satellites requires agile, efficient and compact attitude and determination control systems (ADCS) to improve mission performance, enable optical satellite communication (quantum) and improve data observation, increasing precision and agility in control. Reaction wheels are the most widely used active attitude control systems; they offer the advantages of high angular momentum and reduced space, despite problems such as saturation and maximum torque limitations that seriously limit the operability of their satellites, including long pointing wait times and the recovery of momentum-generating capacity (desaturation).
