Development of a suborbital flight experiment for validating a satellite inertia identification method

Gerardo Martinez; Marco Inzunza-Ibarra; Ivann Ferrel; Brandi Herrera; Ou Ma

doi:10.1117/12.887253

20 May 2011 Development of a suborbital flight experiment for validating a satellite inertia identification method

Gerardo Martinez, Marco Inzunza-Ibarra, Ivann Ferrel, Brandi Herrera, Ou Ma

Proceedings Volume 8044, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications IV; 80440H (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887253
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

For three years, students at New Mexico State University have pursued flight experiments for validation of a newly developed inertia property identification algorithm. The robotics-based algorithm was developed and studied using computer simulations only. It has not been fully validated experimentally because of the difficulty to physically test full six degrees of freedom system dynamics in microgravity conditions on the ground. In the attempt to experimentally validate the algorithm, two experiments onboard NASA's C-9 microgravity flights have been performed. Although these flight experiments have been an invaluable experience, the zero-gravity environment desired to fully validate the algorithm has not yet been achieved. The full validation requires 6 DOF, a zero-gravity motion condition which is virtually inconceivable for ground-based testing or aircraft-based testing. Therefore, the student team is developing a suborbital experiment to further test the algorithm. The experiment has been scheduled to fly in the summer of 2011. This paper describes the activities of this suborbital flight project.

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Gerardo Martinez, Marco Inzunza-Ibarra, Ivann Ferrel, Brandi Herrera, and Ou Ma "Development of a suborbital flight experiment for validating a satellite inertia identification method", Proc. SPIE 8044, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications IV, 80440H (20 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887253

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