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 Faoite; Kenneth Stanton; Alexei Ulyanov; Ronan Wall; Sheila McBreen; Lorraine Hanlon; William O'Connor; David McKeown

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 Faoite

Kenneth Stanton, Alexei Ulyanov, Ronan Wall, Sheila McBreen, Lorraine Hanlon, William O'Connor, David McKeown

University College Dublin

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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 language	English
Article number	IAC-19_C1_IP_16_x53626
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume	2019-October
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	70th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2019 - Washington, United States Duration: 21 Oct 2019 → 25 Oct 2019

Keywords

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

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Emam, M., Thompson, J., Sherwin, D., Doyle, M., Dunwoody, R., Erkal, J., Flanagan, J., Fontanesi, G., Gloster, A., Mangan, J., Murphy, D., Okosun, F., O'Toole, C., Nair, R. R., Reilly, J., Salmon, L., Walsh, S., Cahill, P., Javaid, U., ... McKeown, D. (2019). Development of a hardware-in-the-loop attitude control simulator for EIRSAT-1, a magnetically actuated 2U CubeSat. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2019-October, Article IAC-19_C1_IP_16_x53626.

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

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