VESTNIK of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical EngineeringVESTNIK of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering2542-04532541-7533Samara National Research University302310.18287/2412-7329-2016-15-1-89-96UnknownSimulation of the process of angular rate damping of the SamSat-218D nanosatellite after separation from the launching-transporting containerMelnikM. E.<p><span lang="EN-US">Postgraduate student</span></p>mashagrigoreva@gmail.comSamara State Aerospace University2704201615189962804201628042016Copyright © 2016, VESTNIK of the Samara State Aerospace University2016<p>The paper presents an algorithm of damping the initial angular rate of the SamSat-218D nanosatellite after its separation from the transporting-launching container. Three mutually orthogonal magnetic coils are used as actuators that provide damping of the initial angular rate on board the nanosatellite. The traditional B-dot algorithm is used as the damping algorithm. Two operating modes are possible for the B-dot algorithm: a continuous mode and a discrete one. As the continuous operating mode of the magnetic coils onboard the nanosatellite in orbital flight is inexpedient because of the necessity of measuring the Earth magnetic field intensity vector the discrete mode of operating of the algorithm of damping the initial angular velocities acquired by the nanosatellite after its separation from the transporting-launching container is analyzed. The results of the mathematical simulation during the analysis of choosing discretization intervals in the algorithm of damping the initial angular rate of the SamSat-218D nanosatellite are presented.</p>Nanosatelliteangular motion dampingmagnetic coilalgorithmsimulationНаноспутникдемпфирование углового движениямагнитная катушкаалгоритммоделирование[1. Kovalenko A.P. Magnitnye sistemy upravleniya kosmicheskimi letatel'nymi apparatami [Magnetic systems of spacecraft control]. Moscow: Mashinostroenie Publ., 1975. 248 p.][2. Beletskiy V.V. Dvizhenie iskusstvennogo sputnika otnositel'no tsentra mass [Motion of an artificial satellite about the centre of mass]. Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1965. 416 p.][3. Belokonov I.V., Kramlikh A.V., Timbai I.A. Low-orbital transformable nanosatellite: research of the dynamics and possibilities of navigational and communication problems solving for passive aerodynamic stabilization. Proceedings of 2th IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space System. 2014. V. 153. 15 p.][4. Popov V.I. Sistemy orientatsii i stabilizatsii kosmicheskikh apparatov [Systems of spacecraft orientation and stabilization]. Moscow: Mashinostroenie Publ., 1986. 184 p.][5. Whitford C., Forrest D. The CATSAT Attitude Control System. 12th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites.][<a href='http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2252&context=smallsat'>http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2252&context=smallsat</a>]