Stabilization and Observation of Attitude Control Systems for Micro Satellites

In this paper, we are interested in attitude control of a satellite, which using wheels of reaction, by state feedback. First, we develop a method allowing us to put the control and its integral in the state-feedback form. Then, by using the theorem of Gronwall- Bellman, we put the sufficient conditions so that the nonlinear system modeling the satellite is stabilisable and observed by state feedback.

• A. Elakkary
• A. Echchatbi
• N. Elalami

• Satellite
• attitude control
• state feedback
• attitude stabilization.

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