AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ATTITUDE CONTOL OF SPACECRAFT USING FUZZY CONTROLLER

This primary objective of this study is to demonstrate ground-based experiment for the attitude control of spacecraft. A rotational simulator with a flexible arm is constructed with on-off air thrusters and reaction wheel as actuation. The simulator is also equipped with payload pointing capability by simultaneous thruster and DC servo motor actuation. The experiment of spacecraft attitude control is performed using the reaction wheel. Using the reaction wheel the performance of the fuzzy controller is illustrated by simulation and experimental results for a rotational simulator.