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A study of angular motion of the Chibis-M microsatellite with three-axis flywheel control

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We study the controlled angular motion of the Chibis-M microsatellite. Executive elements are three pairs of flywheels, whose axes are mutually perpendicular. The task of the control system is realization of a required program motion and support of its asymptotic stability. In this paper, we synthesize a control algorithm and study the evolution of the angular momentum of flywheels on long time intervals. The attitude accuracy is estimated for the case when disturbances act upon the spacecraft.

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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Ovchinnikov, S.S. Tkachev, S.O. Karpenko, 2012, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 462–471.

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Ovchinnikov, M.Y., Tkachev, S.S. & Karpenko, S.O. A study of angular motion of the Chibis-M microsatellite with three-axis flywheel control. Cosmic Res 50, 431–440 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952512060044

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