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Attitude and Orbital Dynamics Coupled Simulator For High Area-to-Mass Ratio Satellites
Cristiano Contini Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Camilla Colombo Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Abstract:
Nowadays the interest in small satellites large constellations or MicroSats in formation flying is increasing and, as a consequence, the challenges related to the Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem are increasing, being related to the capability to enhance a fine pointing budget and to be able to take into account the coupling between attitude and orbital dynamics. In this paper, an Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem simulator will be presented, fundamental to evidence the fine dynamical coupling in the ZodiArt iSEE mission, by Politecnico di Milano. The simulator is characterised by a complete disturbances model, including: the Earth zonal harmonics, the Moon and Sun third body perturbations, solar radiation pressure, drag and lift. Moreover, compact plots, here called Orbital long-track envelope, will be presented, graphically showing the differential gain/loss in altitude and relative long-track shift obtained performing differential drag, depending on the manoeuvre epoch, angle of attack and true anomaly.
Keywords: Spacecraft attitude control; Spacecraft attitude determination
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Cristiano Contini, Camilla Colombo: Attitude and Orbital Dynamics Coupled Simulator For High Area-to-Mass Ratio Satellites. Proceedings of the 2019 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Milan, Italy. April 2019. CEAS-GNC-2019-052.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2019-052,
    authors = {Contini, Cristiano and Colombo, Camilla},
    title = {Attitude and Orbital Dynamics Coupled Simulator For High Area-to-Mass Ratio Satellites},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Milan, Italy},
    month = apr,
    year = {2019},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2019-052}
}