CubeSat Products

The CubeSat Toolbox for use with MATLAB®, provides you with the tools needed to design. CubeSats - all within the MATLAB environment. The toolbox consists of the CubeSat module from the Spacecraft Control Toolbox with a subset of functions from the core toolbox; the Spacecraft Control Toolbox is not required.

The CubeSat Attitude Control System is a 3-axis control system using reaction wheels for attitude control and magnetic torquers for momentum unloading. A star camera and MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) is used for attitude determination. The control system can maneuver the CubeSat to any orientation. The magnetic torquers can also be used as a backup attitude control system if the reaction wheels are not operational.

The Attitude Control System uses an Unscented Kalman Filter (sometimes known as a sigma-point filter) for attitude determination. It can incorporate star camera measurements, magnetometer measurements and sun magnitude measurements from the solar panels. This makes it very robust.

Our 3U CubeSat Frame is designed to the official CubeSat specifications and provides for modular mounting and placement of all CubeSat components.

Precision Reaction Wheel Assembly (PRWA) is a spacecraft reaction wheel assembly that uses an axial flux motor with two permanent magnet rotors arranged in a Halbach array sandwiching a three-phase air coil stator. Available 4th Quarter 2012.

Our Air Core Magnetic Torquer does not have any residual dipole and is simpler to integrate into a CubeSat than an iron core torquer. It can be used as an on/off device or as a linear control device.