Nano-satellite Attitude Control System

• Main Authors: Muhyi, Yaakop, Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr., Abdul Rahman, Mohd Saad, Zaridah, Mat Zain, Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Muthusamy, Hariharan, Ramachandran, Nagarajan, Prof. Dr., Soh, Warren Kay, Ahmad Sabirin, Arshad
• Other Authors: [e-mail]
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2010
• Subjects: Explore > Penerbitan universiti; UniMAP > Publications; UniMAP > Research and development; Attitude control system (ACS); Simulation
• Online Access: http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/10138
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Perlis

A satellite maneuvers through orbit with the use of an attitude control system (ACS) to stay on course and always pointing towards earth reference. This maximizes the solar cell-sun and camera-earth coverage, a process made possible with hardware and software embedded in the satellite that continuously control and adjust for optimun performance.