Qualification of the Attitude Control System of the E-band CubeSat EIVE

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Establishing sucha link presents challenging requirements for the development of an attitude control system of a CubeSat. To verify thefunctionality of its components, both the sensors and actuators, a number of tests were conducted prior to launch. Theseranged from simple functionality tests to performance tests and were accompanied by calibration campaigns. Qualificationof the attitude control algorithms proved to be a challenge, as a fitting simulator setup was not available. Therefore, limitedtests comparing the onboard software code to MatLab algorithms were used. This paper presents the types of testsconducted during the qualification campaign and their significance. On ground behavior is compared to in-orbit telemetry.The issues detected during ground tests as well as the issues achieving significant results from the tests are discussed andcompared to the problems detected during launch and early orbit phase. These comparisons illustrate the shortcomings ofsome of the tests executed and improvements for the validity of some tests are presented. Qualification Calibration CubeSat Attitude Control Attitude Determination Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 27 Jul, 2024 Read the published version in CEAS Space Journal → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 23 Apr, 2024 Reviews received at journal 22 Apr, 2024 Reviews received at journal 05 Apr, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 03 Apr, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 31 Mar, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 26 Mar, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 26 Mar, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 26 Mar, 2024 First submitted to journal 25 Mar, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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