A control law for an Integrated Power/Attitude Control System (IPACS) for a satellite is presented in this paper. Four non-coplanar momentum wheels in a special configuration, and a set of three thrusters are used to implement the torque inputs. The momentum wheels are used as attitude control actuators, as well as an energy storage mechanism, providing power to the spacecraft. In that respect,...

A control law for an Integrated Power/Attitude Control System (IPACS) for a satellite is presented in this paper. Four or more energy/momentum wheels in an arbitrary non-coplanar configuration and a set of three thrusters are used to implement the torque inputs. The energy/momentum wheels are used as attitude control actuators, as well as an energy storage mechanism, providing power to the spac...

The launch of the champ mission in 2000 has renewed interest in the recovery of the geopotential field from satellite observations which has been a challenging research issue for decades. It was the first dedicated gravity field mission which was followed by the grace spacecrafts. In the grace mission, the high-low (hl-) and the low-low satellite-to-satellitetracking (ll-sst) observations are c...

Citation: Dawson TM, Formia A, Agamboué PD, Asseko GM, Boussamba F, Cardiec F, Chartrain E, Doherty PD, Fay JM, Godley BJ, Lambert F, Koumba Mabert BD, Manfoumbi JC, Metcalfe K, Minton G, Ndanga I, Nzegoue J, Kouerey Oliwina CK, Du Plessis P, Sounguet G-P, Tilley D, Witt MJ and Maxwell SM (2017) Informing Marine Protected Area Designation and Management for Nesting Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Usin...

A functional description of a communications satellite beacon receiver is presented. The system, designed primarily for LES-5/6, is capable of reliable unattended operation, and provides a frequency and time reference for fixed and highly mobile satellite communications terminals. Theoretical and experimental data are given, with particular emphasis on automatic acquisition and tracking of the ...

In view of the issue of rapid attitude maneuver control of agile satellite, this paper presents an attitude-tracking control algorithm with path planning based on the improved genetic algorithm, adaptive backstepping control as well as sliding mode control. The satellite applies double gimbal control moment gyro as actuator and is subjected to the external disturbance and uncertain inertia prop...

This paper presents a simple antenna system for land vehicle communication aimed at Engineering Test Satellite-VIII (ETS-VIII) applications. The developed antenna system which designed for mounting in a vehicle is compact, light weight and offers simple satellite-tracking operation. This system uses a microstrip patch array antenna, which includes onboard-power divider and switching circuit for...

A quaternion-based attitude synchronization tracking problem is treated for satellite formation flying without using absolute and relative angular velocity measurements. More specifically, an adaptive control based output feedback attitude synchronization tracking control law is first developed under the requirement of communication links between each satellite in formation and the desired traj...

In this paper the design of a mobile antenna system consisting of a transmitting and receiving sub-systems for Ku band geo-stationary satellite broadcasting and communication is mentioned. A transmitting sub-system plays the role of sending the signal toward the satellite while the receiving sub-system plays the role of receiving signal from the satellite and tracking the target satellite. The ...