SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL USING MAGNETIC ACTUATORS

" Each of us has the cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. " Albert Schweitzer Dedicated to those who made this possible: Mother Invisible means of power Acknowledgements First and foremost, I'd like to thank my advisor Dr. Ossama Abdelkhalik for his support. I am blessed to be acquainted with a person whose help, support and knowledge has made me a better person and help better position myself. His technical insights and adept guidance have been of immense help in my research work. He has been of great support to me in accommodating my schedule. I have also been deeply inspired by his perseverance and commitment to work. I would like to thank Dr. Mo Rastgaar and Dr. Nilufer Onder for serving on my committee, and for their invaluable guidance for completion of my report. I would also like to thank Michigan Tech Aerospace Enterprise, for having given me an opportunity for being a part of the project from which I was inspired to pursue my report. I'd like to thank my relatives for their love and support. I would like to acknowledge Mr. Shangyan Zou's help in my understanding of the satellite kinematics code. Thanks to Mr. Brandon Jackson, the report and work of whom, I often referred, throughout the course of my research. I'd like to thank Sudhir Chandramouli for his help in my transition from India to the United States of America and his support throughout my stay so far. Finally thanks to my friends Subramanya Datta for fuelling the thought of pursuing an advanced degree in the United States of America and Karthik N.R for his logistical help in obtaining necessary forms and documentation for me back in India.