Real-time computation of time-optimal magnetic attitude control Conference Paper

abstract

• Magnetic actuators have been used for momentum dumping and attitude control in many spacecraft. Of late, magnetic actuators have also been proposed as a sole means for attitude control, particularly for small inexpensive spacecraft. In this paper, we investigate the use of magnetic actuators for the time-optimal slew maneuver using a spectral algorithm implemented in the reusable software package, DIDO. The parameters of the example problem correspond to that of NPSATI, a small satellite being built at the Naval Postgraduate School, and due to launch in January 2006. Numerical experiments reveal that real-time optimal solutions can be easily obtained.

authors

• Alfriend, Terry

published proceedings

• Spaceflight Mechanics 2005, Vol 120, Pts 1 and 2

author list (cited authors)

• Yan, H., Fleming, A., Ross, I. M., & Alfriend, K. T.

complete list of authors

• Yan, H||Fleming, A||Ross, IM||Alfriend, KT

publication date

• October 2005

published in

• Spaceflight Mechanics 2005, Vol 120, Pts 1 and 2  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-87703-520-2

start page

• 2081

end page

• 2096

volume

• 120

issue

• II