This paper provides the results of a global survey of publicly known pico-and nanosatellite
projects. The standard of CubeSats has boosted the development of nanosatellites by the …

It is now feasible to construct highly capable 'nanosatellites'(ie sub–10 kg satellites) to
provide cost–effective and rapid–response orbiting test vehicles for advanced space …

Small satellites use commercial off-the-shelf sensors and actuators for attitude determination
and control (ADC) to reduce the cost. These sensors and actuators are usually not as robust …

CubeSats are being increasingly specified and utilized for demanding astronomical and
Earth observation missions where precise pointing and stability are critical requirements …

The advancement in miniature satellite technology and its increasing usage in scientific and
commercial applications presents new and unique challenges, particularly for pointing …

Theses days, many nano-and micro-satellites are applied to several astronomy and remote
sensing missions. In order to achieve mission requirements, these satellites must control the …

This paper presents the in-orbit performance of the ESTCube-1 attitude control system that
used electromagnetic actuators to achieve a high angular velocity. ESTCube-1 is a one-unit …

The recent advancement of micro/nano/pico-satellites technologies encourages many
universities to develop three axis stabilized satellites. As three axis stabilization is high level …

Driven by the personal computer and personal communications markets, commercial-off-the-
shelf (COTS) microelectronic systems have advanced considerably in the last few years …

A method for in-orbit estimation of time-varying residual magnetic moment (RMM) is
presented. By use of a simple approach, the covariance of the Kalman filter is adapted to get …