Research Article
Design and Numerical Validation of an Algorithm for the Detumbling and Angular Rate Determination of a CubeSat Using Only Three-Axis Magnetometer Data
Table 4
Results from some selected test cases for ω = [10 10 10] deg/sec.
| | i = 0 deg | | Altitude (km) | 700 | 600 | 500 | 400 | | Detumbling time (sec) | 9266 | 9046 | 8652 | 8267 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1050 | 1236 | 1158 | 996 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1270 | 1250 | 1180 | 1191 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1218 | 1168 | 1153 | 1192 |
| | i = 30 deg | | Altitude (km) | 700 | 600 | 500 | 400 | | Detumbling time (sec) | 9078 | 8932 | 8548 | 8166 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1170 | 1169 | 1080 | 975 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1246 | 1243 | 1156 | 1055 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1239 | 1129 | 1165 | 1126 |
| | i = 60 deg | | Altitude (km) | 700 | 600 | 500 | 400 | | Detumbling time (sec) | 8299 | 6832 | 5982 | 5796 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1166 | 1088 | 1066 | 958 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1246 | 1334 | 1032 | 966 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1217 | 1178 | 1025 | 1094 |
| | i = 90 deg | | Altitude (km) | 700 | 600 | 500 | 400 | | Detumbling time (sec) | 7964 | 6228 | 5170 | 4374 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1182 | 1153 | 1102 | 1022 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1234 | 1173 | 1076 | 997 | | Settling time for (sec) | 1454 | 1541 | 1079 | 1012 |
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