Design and modeling of an active attitude control system for CubeSat class satellites

AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vega, Karla ^a   Auslander, David ^a   Pankowz, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS;

CRITICAL SPACES; DESIGN AND MODELING; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; GROUND COMMUNICATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW EARTH ORBITS; SCIENTIFIC MISSION;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 77958185390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-5812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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