Magnetic Attitude Control for the MOVE-II Mission: 12 pages

This paper presents the fundamental work on the attitude control design using solely magnetic actuation for the MOVE-II mission. Two control modes are primarily considered: detumbling and sun pointing control. Regarding the sun pointing control, two approaches are discussed. The first is the Spin Stabilized Sun Pointing Control (SSPC) which provides gyroscopic stiffness against disturbances. The second is a non-spinning approach called Reduced Sun Pointing Control (RSPC). Simulation results have shown satisfactory performance providing proof of concept and motivation for further work.     «

This paper presents the fundamental work on the attitude control design using solely magnetic actuation for the MOVE-II mission. Two control modes are primarily considered: detumbling and sun pointing control. Regarding the sun pointing control, two approaches are discussed. The first is the Spin Stabilized Sun Pointing Control (SSPC) which provides gyroscopic stiffness against disturbances. The second is a non-spinning approach called Reduced Sun Pointing Control (RSPC). Simulation results have...     »