Miniaturized Star Tracker Stimulator for Closed-Loop Testing of CubeSats

No AccessEngineering NoteMiniaturized Star Tracker Stimulator for Closed-Loop Testing of CubeSatsNuno Filipe, Laura Jones-Wilson, Swati Mohan, Kevin Lo and William Jones-WilsonNuno FilipeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109-8099*Guidance and Control Engineer; . Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Laura Jones-WilsonJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109-8099†Guidance and Control Engineer. Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Swati MohanJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109-8099†Guidance and Control Engineer. Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Kevin LoJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109-8099‡Guidance and Control Engineer.Search for more papers by this author and William Jones-WilsonJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109-8099†Guidance and Control Engineer. Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:12 Aug 2017https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G002794SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Bouwmeester J. and Guo J., “Survey of Worldwide Pico- and Nanosatellite Missions, Distributions and Subsystem Technology,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 67, Nos. 7–8, Oct.–Nov. 2010, pp. 854–862. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.06.004 AASTCF 0094-5765 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[2] Janson S. 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The authors would like to acknowledge John Essmiller, Attitude Control Systems lead of MarCO, and Christopher Pong, ACS lead of ASTERIA, for their help and support.PDF Received30 January 2017Accepted10 June 2017Published online12 August 2017