In-orbit attitude actuation using solar panels

A specific technique is developed to wield the internal disturbance torque caused by the solar panel actuation for spacecraft attitude control tasks. This work is the maiden work towards integrating the attitude control and the solar tracking tasks, forming a combined attitude and solar tracking sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Renuganth Varatharajoo, Tan Mei San
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Multi-Science Publishing 2008-06-01
Series:International Journal of Multiphysics
Online Access:http://journal.multiphysics.org/index.php/IJM/article/view/45