This capstone course is the 3rd and final course of the specialization Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control. It assumes you have completed the prior courses on "Attitude Control with Momentum Exchange Devices" and "Analytical Mechanics for Spacecraft Dynamics". This project course investigates the dynamics of a complex spacecraft system where there is a rigid hub onto which a hinged panel is attached. This simulates a spacecraft with a time varying geometry.
Advanced Capstone Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Project
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Advanced Capstone Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Project
This course is part of Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Specialization
Instructor: Hanspeter Schaub
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16 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
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How to create and validate a simulation of a spacecraft with a hinged panel.
Investigate spacecraft dynamics with a time varying geometry.
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There are 3 modules in this course
Welcome to the capstone project of the course sequence on advanced spacecraft dynamics and control.
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1 video
In this lesson we study a spacecraft system that contains a rigid hub with a hinged solar panel. Here the hub and panel center of mass locations are free to move relative to the spacecraft system center of mass. Fundamental properties of the dynamical description are derived.
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1 reading3 assignments
In this module we develop the differential equations of motion of the hub-panel spacecraft system that is constrained to rotate about a single axis. Two different open-loop torque solutions are applied to reorient the spacecraft from rest to a new stationary attitude. The impact of filtering a classical bang-bang control solution is investigated by apply a first-order low-pass filter to the control input.
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