Speaker
Mr
Florio Dalla Vedova
(LuxSpace)
Description
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.
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Primary author
Mr
Florio Dalla Vedova
(LuxSpace)
Co-authors
Mr
Antonio Rinalducci
(ESA/ESTEC)
Mr
Lorenzo Ottone
(LuxSpace)
Mr
Pedro Simplicio
(ESA/ESTEC)
Mr
Ramon Nogueron
(LuxSpace)
