Spacecraft Attitude Kinematics in terms of Modified Rodrigues Parameters library block

Library block to simulate rigid body attitude kinematics in terms of Modified Rodrigues Parameters

Description

The attitude kinematics of a rigid body is simulated with this functional library block. This block is intended for simulation (academic) purposes, where the time history of the attitude in term of Modified Rodrigues Parameters (MRPs) is provided. See [1] for reference on the subject.

This library block is part of a library currently being developed for the simulation of spacecraft attitude control systems.

[1] Tsiotras, P., "Stabilization and Optimality Results for the Attitude Control Problem," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 772-779, 1996.
available at:
http://soliton.ae.gatech.edu/labs/dcsl/publications.html

• Required Products: Simulink
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.11 (2010b)