Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / The aim of this project was to design and test a partial attitude determination
and control system for a nanosatellite. The reaction wheel system was
designed and tested as an actuator for the nanosatellite. This reaction wheel
system consists of four reaction wheels mounted in a tetrahedral formation.
A rate sensor system was also designed and its viability for this space application
was examined. The rate sensor system consists of 3 orthogonally
mounted planes, each with three rate sensors mounted on it. Hardware-inthe-
loop tests were used along with an air bearing experimentational setup,
which created near frictionless circumstances, to prove the effectiveness of
the designed reaction wheel setup. The results following from this project
were the following: The reaction wheel system proved to be an adequate actuator
for this nanosatellite application and the rate sensor systemwhich was
analysed proved to be inadequate for a nanosatellite application.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1531 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Schoonwinkel, Johannes |
| Contributors | Steyn, W. H., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 4604180 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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