TY - CHAP A1 - Zentgraf, Peter A1 - Berge, S. A1 - Chasset, C. A1 - Filippi, H. A1 - Gottzein, E. A1 - Gutiérrez-Cañas, I. A1 - Hartrampf, M. A1 - Krauss, P. A. A1 - Kuehl, C. A1 - Lübke- Ossenbeck, B. A1 - Mittnacht, M. A1 - Montenbruck, O. A1 - Müller, C. A1 - Rueda Boldo, P. A1 - Truffi, A. ED - American Astronautical Society, T1 - PREPARING THE GPS-EXPERIMENT FOR THE SMALL GEO MISSION T2 - 33rd ANNUAL AAS GUIDANCE AND CONTROL CONFERENCE N2 - This paper deals with the preparation of the Small GEO mission and the accommodation of a GPS receiver as an experiment. The expected benefits of using the GPS receiver for Small GEO are explained. The feasibility of using GPS for position determination is investigated by simulation using a MosaicGNSS receiver, which was stimulated by a Spirent RF signal generator. A procedure, how to evaluate flight data on ground is outlined. Success criteria of the experiment and the minimal size of the downlink stream required and reserved for the receiver TM are presented. KW - GPS KW - geosynchronous mission KW - Small GEO telecommunications satellite Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zentgraf, Peter A1 - Berge, S. A1 - Edfors, A. A1 - Olsson, T. A1 - Pionnier, G. A1 - Björk, M. A1 - Chasset, C. A1 - Nordebäck, T. A1 - Rieschel, M. A1 - Lübke- Ossenbeck, B. T1 - Advanced AOCS Design on the First Small GEO Telecom Satellite T2 - 60th International Astronautical Congress, Oct. 12 -16, 2009, Daejon, South Korea N2 - The advanced Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) design of the Small GEO platform is now being adapted for the first commercial mission. The Small GEO telecommunications satellite is a new development to fill a niche in the telecom industry for small platforms weighing about 1.5 tonnes and targeting payloads of 300 kg and 3 kW. The first mission will launch into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Small GEO is being developed by a Consortium led by OHBSystem AG. The Swedish Space Corporation is a partner in the Consortium and supplies the AOCS and Electric Propulsion (EP) subsystems. The project is currently in Phase C and the first mission will fly in 2012. This article gives an overview of the AOCS development status. The AOCS architecture is a three-axis stabilized system using reaction wheels for attitude control, star trackers for attitude determination, and EP for orbit control. The AOCS software is being developed using model-based design techniques and test driven development. Results from subsystem level testing of flight code will be presented. The AOCS design is characterized by a number of advances in technology beyond traditional telecom satellite designs. Perhaps the largest deviation from a traditional design is complete reliance on EP for orbit control. Angular momentum management of the reaction wheels relies solely upon EP in the nominal modes. The EP is not used in the safe modes and therefore a cold gas system is included On-board. The cold gas system uses Xenon, the same fuel used by the EP. Another advance is the reliance upon APS-based star trackers. APS (Active Pixel Sensor) star trackers have a number of advantages over their CCD-based cousins in terms of robustness. The traditional fine sun sensor is simplified to a fault tolerant system of solar cells giving low, but more than adequate, accuracy. In addition, a GPS sensor will be flown on-board as an experiment. KW - AOCS (Attitude and orbit control system) design KW - Small Geo Telecom Satellite Y1 - 2018 ER -