Laboratory Facility for Formation Flying Simulation
The laboratory facility
The control system mock-ups
Motion determination
18th December 2015
The inauguration of the Laboratory Facility for Formation Flying Simulation took place on 18th of December in the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. The facility was designed and commissioned by the SputniX Ltd. Before this event, the Laboratory was visited by the First Deputy Director of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations A.M. Medvedev. The facility is designed to simulate the dynamics of microsatellite mock-ups and the study the motion control algorithms. It mimics the motion (with two translational and one rotational degrees of freedom) of satellites effected by a torque and linear acceleration produced by on-board actuators.
The facility includes an aerodynamic table equipped with an industrial ventilator to compress the air and the platforms for the installation of prototypes of microsatellite motion control system.
