Abstract
An Attitude control system for a satellite in low earth orbit is designed in this project. As a reference, CARTOSAT-2 is selected to design the AOCS. CARTOSAT-2 is located in LEO so it suits the needs of the projects. It is mainly used for mapping of urban, rural areas and wetlands in India. To design a basic AOCS, a DC motor based model is considered. Transfer functions of DC motor and satellite dynamics model are calculated using Laplace transformation. Stability of the system is checked by plotting poles and zeroes of the systems. PID controller is used to improve the overall stability of the system by decreasing the errors in the output of the system. The systems are subjected to sine and step inputs and responses are plotted in the form of graphs. The plots are studied using SciLab as the tool to design the block diagram and the control system for the AOCS. Scilab along with FlightGear is used to visualize the response of the system.
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