Design of a 3DoF attitude control for cubesats based on reaction wheels

The main purpose of this dissertation is to mechanically design an ADCS system based on Reaction Wheels for a 1U CubeSat. This document contains brief analysis of the current technologies behind attitude control in space. To aid with the mechanical design, an analysis of the components of the ADCS s...

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Autor: Alegre Bonet, Marc
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/380730
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/380730
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial satellites
Flight control
Detectors
CubeSat
ADCS
Reaction Wheel
3DoF
Satèl·lits artificials
Sistemes de control (Vol)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
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Sumario:The main purpose of this dissertation is to mechanically design an ADCS system based on Reaction Wheels for a 1U CubeSat. This document contains brief analysis of the current technologies behind attitude control in space. To aid with the mechanical design, an analysis of the components of the ADCS system is carried out, which allows to provide enough knowledge so as to establish design requirements that the reaction wheel shall comply with. The process behind the mechanical design of the reaction wheel and two different ADCS system configuration is included, as well as a description of its assembly and integration into a 1U CubeSat. Finally, with the aim of identifying the capabilities of each configuration, a software is developed. The latter, despite not contemplating disturbances and space manoeuvres, allows to verify if each configuration is capable of controlling the rotation along the three main axis of rotation of the CubeSat.