A Computer Based System for On-Ground Testing of the Attitude Control System of Small Satellites

ABSTRACT The paper decribes the system realized as a software package for computer simulation, verification and quality testing of attitude control system of small satellites. The system permits to check up the quality of chosen control algorithms and to estimate the influence of faults in determination of current phase vector of satellite owning to errors of sensors, failures in control loops, influence of external dynamical perturbations.