Attitude Analysis of Small Satellites Using Model-Based Simulation

Table 1

Environmental torque general regions of influence (adapted to metric units from Schrello [19]).

Regions of influence	Altitude range	Environmental effects
Region I	Below 300 km	Aerodynamic torques dominate angular motions.
Region II	300–650 km	Aerodynamic and gravitational torques are comparable.
Region III	650–1000 km	Aerodynamic, gravitational, and solar torques are comparable.
Region IV	Above 1000 km	Solar and gravitational torques dominate angular motions.