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The chapter presents the design of the attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) of the small satellite TET-1 (Technology verification career) as an example of a cost effective but still robust and reliable AOCS for small satellites. The AOCS of TET-1 is fully three-axis stabilized. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of robust and fault tolerant design of the AOCS. The redundancy management concept and robust control algorithms are presented. Furthermore the fault detection, isolation and recovery (FDIR) mechanism, which are implemented in various functional levels, are shown. Finally the chapter presents the test strategy for verifying the proposed fault tolerant design.
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Yoon, Z., Terzibaschian, T., Raschke, C., Maibaum, O. (2010). Robust and Fault Tolerant AOCS of the TET Satellite. In: Sandau, R., Roeser, HP., Valenzuela, A. (eds) Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03501-2_38
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