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Closed-Loop Propulsive Control For Very Low Perigee Orbit Energy Management And Stabilization, Tyler J. Gardner

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Within the past decade, the United States Air Force has begun exploring options for using smaller satellites, known as SmallSats and CubeSats, to decrease the time it takes to design and build new satellites. If used properly, a rapid development environment for satellites could improve the Air Force's ability to respond to new technologies and threats. Other organizations such as NASA and universities have been using SmallSats and CubeSats for research and development missions.

While smaller satellites are usually much cheaper to develop and require less time to create, limited volume strictly constrains the size of instrumentation and avionics that …