Educational nanosatellite detumbling simulator

The paper presents an overview of the educational nanosatellite detumbling simulator used as an educational tool at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. The simulator consists of a Helrnholtz cage and semi-spherical air bearing used with a highly configurable test article that represents the satellite performing the detumbling manoeuvre. All those elements are supplemented with their respective software tools, developed in-house. This facility is used as part of a student project, where small teams will design and implement an attitude control system for detumbling the spacecraft based on the b-dot algorithm. Theoretical and practical aspects are combined in the students' project for increasing learning effects.

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).