Attitude/orbit simulation tools for drag-augmented deorbiting - The DGNC Project

F Vedova; L Ottone; R Nogueron; Antonio Rinalducci; Pedro V M Simplicio

Attitude/orbit simulation tools for drag-augmented deorbiting - The DGNC Project

F Vedova
, L Ottone
, R Nogueron
, Antonio Rinalducci
, Pedro V M Simplicio

Bristol Doctoral College

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The paper describes the work performed and results achieved by LuxSpace for the ESA-supported DGNC project. DGNC stands for Dragsail GNC. It is a project aiming at identifying the best GNC solution to be proposed for satellite (debris) deorbiting thanks to Dragsails. The proposed and investigated GNC options are : (1) no attitude control, (2a) active attitude control constantly maximizing the area exposed to drag, this with a flat Dragsail, and (2b) active attitude control constantly maximizing the area exposed to drag, this with a pyramidal Dragsail. All DGNC options are also compared to deorbiting with (remainings of) onboard propulsion. In support to the DGNC system design and analyses, a GNC MIL i.e. a dedicated simulation tool has been created and validated within the ESA-supported GNCDE development environment. The paper describes also this LuxSpace's GNC MIL.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2016
Event	6th International Conference on Astrodynamics, Tools and Techniques (ICATT) - Darmstadtium, Germany Duration: 14 Mar 2016 → 17 Mar 2016 Conference number: 6

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Conference	6th International Conference on Astrodynamics, Tools and Techniques (ICATT)
Abbreviated title	ICATT
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Darmstadtium
Period	14/03/16 → 17/03/16

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CleanSpace
DGNC
Dragsail
GNC
Sail
Simulator
DAS

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Attitude/orbit simulation tools for drag-augmented deorbiting - The DGNC Project

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