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Prox-1 Attitude Determination and Control
Prox-1 Attitude Determination and Control
Author(s)
Pietruszewski, Amanda N.
Advisor(s)
Spencer, David A.
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Abstract
The Prox-1 mission is Georgia Institute of Technology’s entry to the University Nanosat
Program’s competition cycle. Since the goal of the program is to design a complete satellite that
will function on orbit, it must have fully designed and space capable subsystems. This paper
details the design of the Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem. First, the requirements for
the subsystem are derived from the mission requirements, and then trades are presented to find
which architecture is the best selection to meet these requirements. Then the trades for specific
hardware selections are done, followed by the hardware budgets and tests. Once the hardware is
chosen, the algorithms can be explored and described. A rough analysis of detumble length is
done, followed be a detailed derivation and explanation of the coarse attitude control system. A
filter for attitude determination is explained, followed by a discussion of the fine attitude
determination and control system and then the flight rules for the system. Thus, the design of the
system done to date is presented in this paper
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Date Issued
2011-12-01
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