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VISORS Mission Orbit & Dynamics Simulation Using a Realtime Dynamics Processor

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Kimmel, Elizabeth
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Lightsey, E. Glenn
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VIrtual Super-resolution Optics using Reconfigurable Swarms (VISORS) is a precision formation-flying mission which uses two 6U CubeSats with a Science Mode separation distance of 40 meters to emulate a 40-meter focal length diffractive optic telescope. Due to the novelty of the technology used to achieve the stringent relative positioning requirements, the dynamics of these orbits must be simulated to verify the concept of operations (ConOps), the commercial spacecraft bus flight software (FSW), the guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) formation-keeping algorithm, and the attitude determination and control system (ADCS) performance, among others. Verifying these aspects helps ensure that issues such as reaction wheel saturation, pointing errors, or collision risks, among others, do not arise during the mission. This paper describes the work done in simulating the spacecraft dynamics during the mission’s Science Operations using COSMOS to interface with the Realtime Dynamics Processor (RDP) and spacecraft bus Engineering Design Unit (EDU) provided by Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT).
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2023-12-01
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