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Extensive Numerical Simulation of a Magnetically Actuated Satellite’s Rotation around the Direction toward the Sun with Data from the Solar Sensors Only

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Numerical simulation of various stabilization scenarios of the motion a magnetically actuated satellite in the direction toward the Sun is performed. The satellite is equipped with solar sensors as the only attitude information source. The control algorithms are derived to achieve unambiguous stabilization in the direction toward the Sun while maintaining rotation around this direction despite the inability to identify this rotation using solar sensors. Extensive numerical simulation of the satellite’s motion with different configurations of the orbit and inertia distribution justifies the algorithm’s applicability and reveals its performance characteristics.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 22-71-10009, https://rscf.ru/project/22-71-10009/.

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Roldugin, D.S. Extensive Numerical Simulation of a Magnetically Actuated Satellite’s Rotation around the Direction toward the Sun with Data from the Solar Sensors Only. Math Models Comput Simul 15, 792–801 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070048223050083

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