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Nano-Sat Scale Electric Propulsion for Attitude Control-Performance Analysis

King, Jeffery, Kolbeck, Jonathan, Kang, Jin S., Sanders, Michael, Keidar, Michael·2019·2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference
DOI 10.1109/aero.2019.8741404
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In recent years, the complexity of CubeSat missions has been increasing steadily as the platform capabilities have drastically improved. Missions involving high-accuracy pointing and interplanetary exploration are no longer out of the reach of CubeSat-class satellites. Accordingly, the CubeSat community also has been focusing on miniaturization of propulsion systems. Thus far, these systems have been used mostly for ΔV maneuver applications and require a separate attitude control system to keep the satellite pointed in the desired direction. For fine-pointing, the currently available options are dominated by reaction-wheels and control-moment-gyros. One promising solution for this is the use of low-thrust propulsion systems for providing a combined ΔV maneuver and pointing capability. Electric propulsion systems can enable high-accuracy pointing capability while also providing orbit maneuver capability. Electric propulsion systems will not have the high slew-rate of the reaction wheels or ΔV responsiveness of conventional thrusters. However, if the main objective of the mission is in providing high-accuracy pointing, long-term stability of pointing, orbit maintenance, and long-term orbit maneuvers, multi-thruster electrical propulsion system can be substituted for the attitude control system and propulsion unit combination, resulting in volume and cost savings. This paper characterizes the performance of one such system, CubeSat attitude control system. First, the propulsion…

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Authors
King, J., Kolbeck, J., Kang, J. S., Sanders, M., & Keidar, M.
Affiliations
  • United States Naval Academy (US)
  • George Washington University (US)
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Venue
2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2019-03
Volume
52
Pages
1-10
ISSN
1095-323X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/aero.2019.8741404
OpenAlex
W2953177712
Cited by
5
References
20
Citations by year
2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
FWCI
2.27
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO) (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
Keywords
electric propulsion, CubeSat, attitude control, low-thrust propulsion, pointing accuracy, reaction wheels, control moment gyroscope, orbit maintenance, performance evaluation

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