Developments of attitude determination and control system of microsats: A survey

Abstract

This study surveys the developments in satellite attitude determination and control system, especially for microsats. This survey is not intended to be complete but is limited to the most significant developments of sensors, actuators, and algorithms in the last two decades. First, attitude determination methods including algorithms and sensors together with actuator-based control methods are introduced. Furthermore, current problems in alignment error, flexible satellites, and low redundancy of microsats attitude determination and control system are discussed. Moreover, developments of some deep-neural-networks-based methods, which have great potential in solving current problems, are summarized.