This paper reviews solar sail trajectory design and dynamics, attitude control, and structural
dynamics. Within the area of orbital dynamics, methods relevant to transfer trajectory design …

Control algorithms for the active magnetic attitude control systems are covered in the survey.
Three different situations in the magnetic system implementation are considered. First …

Photovoltaic systems have gained a great deal of interest in the world and these studies
performed on this subject have been gaining more and more importance. In order to design …

This paper presents a study of a high rate closed-loop spin controller that uses only
electromagnetic coils as actuators. The controller is able to perform spin rate control and …

This paper deals with the attitude motion of LEO satellites with deployable side panels
designed for passive aerodynamic stabilization in a rarefied atmosphere. The influence of …

Since the Russian launch of the Zond-2 satellite in 1964 there have been over fifty years of
research dedicated to the understanding of the first electric propulsion device to be flown in …

Reaction wheels are capable of constituting a high-performance attitude control system for
solar sails. Unloading is significant for reaction wheels to maintain their controllability when …

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, in collaboration with Stellenbosch University,
is developing a 3-unit CubeSat for a low earth polar orbit. The two main payloads are a …

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Actively controlling the attitude of the solar sail is necessary to adjust the solar radiation
pressure force for trajectory transfer and orbit control. The special configuration of the solar …