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Development of a Computer Simulation Tool to Study the Attitude Determination and Control of CubeSats

dc.contributor.authorWailand, Annalisa
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerN/Aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorFarid Taherien_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerTed Hubbarden_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJean-François Bousqueten_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorRobert Baueren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-15T15:06:49Z
dc.date.available2020-12-15T15:06:49Z
dc.date.defence2020-12-09
dc.date.issued2020-12-15T15:06:49Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis documents the development and validation of a MATLAB/Simulink simulation tool for the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) of the LORIS CubeSat in development at Dalhousie University for the Canadian CubeSat Project. The simulation tool comprises an approximation of the space environment characteristic of the International Space Station’s orbit, a Simscape-based satellite dynamics model, two attitude controllers, models of the sensors onboard the LORIS CubeSat and the attitude determination algorithms that use them. Use of magnetic attitude control is assessed in simulation for both detumbling and pointing the satellite, while the latter forms the basis for the design of a reaction wheel-based controller capable of meeting LORIS mission requirements. For the conditions used in the simulations, the proposed ADCS control scheme exceeds mission accuracy requirements under many worst-case assumptions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/80095
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCubeSaten_US
dc.subjectAttitude Determinationen_US
dc.subjectAttitude Controlen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a Computer Simulation Tool to Study the Attitude Determination and Control of CubeSatsen_US

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