Extraterrestial magnetic field effects on attitude determination accuracy of small satellites

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Abstract

IGRF (International Geomagnetic Reference Field) and Tsyganenko magnetic field models are the selected models for the comparative study. These models can be one of the input vector separately besides the Sun direction to Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) method. Extraterrestrial effects coming from the Sun and/or interplanetary rays are the main consideration for estimating the magnetic field components close to the actual results. Tsyganenko model that uses an index changing with the external effects needs a model (IGRF) simulating the terrestrial magnetic field changes. Proposed models give the results in an acceptable limit with respect to the measurement data. Moreover, Tsyganenko model is the best-fit model if the absolute errors for the attitude angles are calculated. The difference between the defined models can be ignored with decreasing altitude but also become important on the higher orbits.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRAST 2015 - Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies
EditorsM. Fevzi Unal, Suleyman Basturk, Okyay Kaynak, Abdurrahman Hacioglu, Fuat Ince
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages707-711
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467377607
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2015
Event7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2015 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 16 Jun 201519 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameRAST 2015 - Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2015
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period16/06/1519/06/15

Bibliographical note

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Keywords

  • IGRF
  • Tsyganenko
  • attitude determination
  • extraterrestial effects
  • magnetic field models
  • small satellite

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