Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: OPAL's attitude is controlled by using two pairs of magnetic coils and a three axis magnetometer. One pair of coils is mounted on the side panel where the picosatellite launch window is located. The other pair is mounted on the bottom panel. The primary requirements of the attitude control system are to decease spin of the satellite with respect to its body axis to minimize disturbances during picosatellite launch, and to spin up the satellite once the picosatellite is launched to meet thermal requirements. To meet these requirements the "minus Bdot" control law was used. This paper will describe the design and testing of the OPAL attitude control system.
DOI: 10.26077/hxda-7n62
Authors: Jung, Jaewoo, Kuzuya, Naoki, Alvarez, Jaime
Institution: Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W172060901