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Cubesat Adcs Validation And Testing Apparatus, Jacob Stevens
Cubesat Adcs Validation And Testing Apparatus, Jacob Stevens
Honors Theses
The WALI team at Western Michigan University requested a test environment to validate their CubeSat’s de-tumbling control system and hardware. The test environment required a Helmholtz cage and spherical air bearing. The Helmholtz cage provides an adjustable magnetic field to simulate low earth orbit; the spherical air bearing simulates the friction free environment the CubeSat will experience in space. In conjunction, the two components create an adjustable system that simulates a satellite in low earth orbit.
Trajectory Optimization For A Misson To The Trojan Asteroids, Shivaji Senapati Gadsing
Trajectory Optimization For A Misson To The Trojan Asteroids, Shivaji Senapati Gadsing
Masters Theses
The problem of finding a minimum-fuel trajectory for a mission to the Jovian Trojan asteroids is considered. The problem is formulated as a modified traveling salesman problem. Two different types of algorithms such as an exhaustive search algorithm and a serial rendezvous search algorithm are developed. The General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) is employed for finding optimum trajectories with minimal fuel consumption. The selection of a minimum-fuel mission trajectory, and the associated target asteroids, will be a key factor in determining feasibility and scientific value of a Trojan tour and rendezvous mission.
The transfer trajectory followed by a spacecraft between …