CubeSat Module

Directory List

Actuators	AttitudeControl	Communications
Data	Demos/AttitudeControl	Demos/Damping
Demos/Design	Demos/MissionPlanning	Demos/Power
Demos/RelativeOrbit	Demos/Simulation	Demos/Thermal
MissionPlanning	Modeling	Power
Simulation	Thermal	Utilities
Visualization

Actuators

CubeSatPropulsion

Returns the force, torque and mass flow for a cold gas system.

AttitudeControl

AttitudeControlSimRWA	Simulate a rigid body with 3-axis attitude control.
CubeSatDisturbanceAnalysis	CubeSat disturbance analysis from batch data using RHSCubeSat.
MagneticControl	Implement instantaneous magnetic control with torquers.
MomentumUnloading	Compute the torque from a magnetic momentum unloading system.
ReactionWheelDesign	Design a reaction wheel to meet input requirements.

Communications

LinkOrbitAnalysis

Link analysis computing bit error probability along an orbit.

Data

CubeSat3U.mat	CubeSat CAD model.
CubeSatGG.mat	CubeSat CAD model with GG boom.
NanoSat.mat	Nanosat CAD model.

Demos/AttitudeControl

DisturbancesDemo	Example CubeSat disturbance analysis
DisturbancesSolarWings	CubeSat disturbance analysis with deployable solar panels
MagneticControlDemo	Magnetic control demand analysis
MagneticHysteresisControl	Simulate magnetic control
NanoSatSimulation	Demonstrate NanoSat attitude control reaction wheels.

Demos/Damping

MagneticHysteresisOrbit	Magnetic hysteresis over multiple orbits.
SpacecraftWithDamping	A spacecraft with rate or magnetic hysteresis damping.

Demos/Design

CubeSatTiltedWings	Design a 3U CubeSat with Tilted Wings
DesignMagneticTorquer	Design an air coil magnetic torquer for a CubeSat.

Demos/MissionPlanning

AttitudeProfileDemo	Demonstrate the AttitudeProfile function.
NanoSatNearISS	Show ISS and NanoSat models with AnimateSpacecraft
OrbitAndSensorConeAnimation	Demonstrate the playback of multiple orbits and moving sensor cones.
RepeatingGroundTrackDemo	Compute and simulate a repeat ground track orbit

Demos/Power

BatterySizing	Compute the power storage requirements for a CubeSat.
CubeSatPowerDemo	Power computation over several orbits.
SunSynchPowerDemo	Sun Synchronous Orbit power model

Demos/RelativeOrbit

AnimateISSAndNanosat

Animate a nanosat near the ISS

Demos/Simulation

CubeSatGGStabilized	Demonstrate a CubeSat with gravity gradient stabilization.
CubeSatRWASimulation	Demonstrate CubeSat attitude and power dynamics with reaction wheels.
CubeSatSimulation	Demonstrate a CubeSat attitude and power system dynamics.
MomentumManagement	Demonstrate simple dipole based momentum management
RadiationDisturbance	Radiation pressure disturbance demo.
TubeSatSimulation	Demonstrate a TubeSat attitude and power system dynamics.
TwoSpacecraftOrbitSimulation	Demonstrate a 2 satellite CubeSat constellation.
TwoSpacecraftSimpleOrbitSimulation	Demonstrate a 2 satellite CubeSat constellation in Earth orbit

Demos/Thermal

CubeSatFaceTemperaturesDemo	Demonstrate temperatures of faces of a CubeSat
IsothermalCubeSatDemo	Isothermal satellite demo

MissionPlanning

AttitudeProfile	Build an attitude profile consisting of multiple overlapping modes.
FindTimeWindows	Find time windows when elements of vector x are within specified range
ObservationTimeWindows	Generate a set of observation time windows for each lat/lon target
ObservationTimeWindowsPlot	Plot ground track and observation windows for a satellite and targets
PackageOrbitDataForPlayback	Package orbit data into a structure for use in PlaybackOrbitSim.
PlaybackOrbitSim	Play back an orbit simulation of multiple objects with sensor cones.
RapidSwath	Compute the intersection curve between a sensor cone and spherical planet.
RepeatGroundTrack	Design a repeat ground-track orbit.

Modeling

CubeSatFaces	Returns the faces along each axis of a linear CubeSat.
CubeSatModel	Generate vertices and faces for a CubeSat model.
InertiaCubeSat	Compute the inertia of a CubeSat.
InertiaTubeSat	Compute the inertia of a TubeSat.
LoadOBJModel	Load a Wavefront OBJ file. The file can have an associated .mtl file.
TubeSatFaces	Returns the faces along each axis of a cylindrical TubeSat.
TubeSatModel	Generate vertices and faces for a TubeSat model.

Power

CubeSatPowerAnalysis	CubeSat power analysis from batch orbit data.
SolarCellPower	Compute the power generated by a solar power system.

Simulation

CADToSimParameters	Convert CAD model to CubeSat arrays.
CubeSatAero	Aerodynamic model for a CubeSat.
CubeSatAttitude	Returns the CubeSat attitude quaternion from ECI to body.
CubeSatEnvironment	Environment calculations for the CubeSat dynamical model.
CubeSatRadiationPressure	Radiation pressure model for a CubeSat around the Earth.
FOrbitMultiSpacecraft	Multispacecraft orbit model designed to work with ode113.
RHSCubeSat	Right-hand-side for a CubeSat orbit and attitude dynamical model.
RHSMomentum	RHS for momentum in the inertial frame.
TubeSatDefaultDataStructure	Default data structure for TubeSat model.

Thermal

AddThermalConductivity	Add a thermally conductive path between cubesat faces
CubeSatThermalMatrix	Generates a 7 node CubeSat thermal matrix
IsothermalCubeSatSim	An isothermal CubeSat simulation using Euler integration.
RHSIsothermalCubeSat	An isothermal CubeSat model dynamical right-hand-side.

Utilities

RVWithJ2	Propagate orbital elements with J2 gravity term
WrapSegments	Separate a wrapped vector into a series of segments in cells.

Visualization

DrawCubeSat	Draw a CubeSat with surface normals.
DrawCubeSatSolarAreas	Visualize the solar cell area for the CubeSat.
DrawSpacecraftInOrbit	Draw the Earth, CubeSat model, orbit, sensor cone(s), and GPS constellation
DrawSpacecraftStruct	Create the structure needed by DrawSpacecraftInOrbit
GroundTrack	Plot an orbit track. Converts the inertial positions to planet-fixed.
LatLonPlot	Plot latitude vs. longitude nicely on existing figure
PlotOrbit	Plot the orbital state in 3D with an Earth map.

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