Pocketcube ADCS systeam feasibility

License

• Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• It is uploaded to GitHub for showcase and educational purposes

Goal

• Create an script to asses the magnetorquer configuration feasibility of the spacecraft, while giving a fast spec on the spaceflight dynamics

Motivation

• PocketCubes are a cube of a 5cm^3. This constrains the system in terms of weight and size. Therefore, the susbsytems PCBs configuration is done on a manner to achieve the success of the mission by giving as much space to the payload. However, there is no space left for an active Attitude Determination and Control System. With this script we aim to have an initial guidance on the feasibility of the configuration
• In order to obtain an accurate magnetic moment, each area of each turn is calculated following a circular formula pattern that I found. This pattern is formed by odds and pairs, and it configures the behaviour of a square spiral. This function is found at the funciton obtainMagneticMoment.m

Laboratory

• The actual manetorers coils are inside the ouuter solar cells PCB. With this, we create a multilayer PCB on each side of the cube. This gives us the oportunity to apply an active ADCS to a pocketcube without adding extra weight or multiple components.

Research paper

• Under internal reviews and updates