Study for femto satellites using micro control moment gyroscope

Mark Post, Ralf Bauer, Junquan Li, Regina Lee

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Abstract

Femto-satellites can be used for distributed space missions that can require hundreds to thousands of satellites for real time, distributed, multi-point networks to accomplish remote sensing and science objectives. While suitable sensors are available using micro-electro-mechanical system technology, most femto-satellite designs have no attitude control capability due to the power and size constraints on attitude control actuators. A novel femto-satellite design that uses a micro-electro-mechanical system Control Moment Gyroscope is studied in this paper. We focus on the principal design, modelling, and discussion of the proposed Control Moment Gyroscope while detailing a controllable femto-satellite design that can make use of attitude control for simple sensing missions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
Volume2016
ISBN (Print)9781479953806
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2016

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Keywords

  • femto-satellites, control moment gyroscope, micro electro mechanical system

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