Development of a hardware-in-the-loop attitude control simulator for EIRSAT-1, a magnetically actuated 2U CubeSat

Masoud Emam, Joseph Thompson, Daire Sherwin, Maeve Doyle, Rachel Dunwoody, Jessica Erkal, Joe Flanagan, Gianluca Fontanesi, Andrew Gloster, Joseph Mangan, David Murphy, Favour Okosun, Conor O'Toole, Rakhi Rajagopalan Nair, Jack Reilly, Lána Salmon, Sarah Walsh, Paul Cahill, Umair Javaid, Daithí de FaoiteKenneth Stanton, Alexei Ulyanov, Ronan Wall, Sheila McBreen, Lorraine Hanlon, William O'Connor, David McKeown

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Abstract

Attitude determination and control system (ADCS) is one of the essential subsystems of a satellite that requires thorough testing before launch. Hardware-In-the-Loop simulation is a well-known approach to test the ADCS subsystem. A novel structure for HIL simulation is addressed in this paper, with the main aim of introducing a cost effective and easy to implement simulator for CubeSats. To achieve this aim, a motorised gimbal testbed is presented as the alternative for to air bearing low friction testbeds which are widely used in CubeSat HIL simulators. HIL simulation results for EIRSAT-1, a 2U CubeSat being designed and built at University College Dublin, are presented in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberIAC-19_C1_IP_16_x53626
JournalProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume2019-October
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event70th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2019 - Washington, United States
Duration: 21 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Keywords

  • ADCS
  • CubeSat
  • EIRSAT-1
  • HILS
  • PILS
  • Real-time simulation
  • Testbed

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