Research Initiation Award: Magnetic Field Mapping of Pico/Nano/Micro-Satellites to Facilitate Refinement of their Guidance/Navigation Systems and Magnetic Cleanliness

研究启动奖为传统黑人学院和大学的初级和中期职业教师提供支持，他们正在建立新的研究项目或重新指导和重建现有的研究项目。期望该奖项有助于进一步提高教师的研究能力和效率，改善其所在机构的研究和教学，并使本科生参与研究经验。授予塔斯基吉大学的奖项可能在许多领域产生更广泛的影响。该项目旨在调查测绘微/纳米/微型卫星电磁场分布的方法，并帮助改进其轨道确定和控制能力。航空航天工程专业的本科生将通过参与该项目获得研究经验。总的研究目标是更好地了解pnmssat的磁活动，并研究模拟这类卫星磁图的方法。围绕三轴亥姆霍兹线圈（HHC）笼和精密磁通门磁强计设计的磁线圈测试设备将用于开展研究。PNMSat样品将在HHC笼内接受相应的在轨控制模式。利用在这些控制模式的仿真期间采取的磁力计测量，将研究磁活动的谐波理解。这项研究将有助于改进PNMSat的各个子系统，特别是姿态确定和控制系统的操作，以及电磁敏感仪器。这将进一步有助于为pnmssat设计磁臂。这项研究是在塔斯基吉大学建立PNMSat项目的踏脚石，并为与其他历史上的黑人学院和大学合作提供了机会。

Research Initiation Awards provide support for junior and mid-career faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities who are building new research programs or redirecting and rebuilding existing research programs. It is expected that the award helps to further the faculty member's research capability and effectiveness, improves research and teaching at his home institution, and involves undergraduate students in research experiences. The award to Tuskegee University has potential broader impact in a number of areas. The project seeks to investigate methods of mapping the electromagnetic field distribution of pico/nano/micro satellites (PNMSats) and aid in the refinement of their orbit determination and control capabilities. Undergraduate aerospace engineering students will gain research experiences by working on the project. The overall research goal is to develop a better understanding of the magnetic activity of PNMSats and investigate methods of modeling the magnetic map of such satellites. A Magnet Coil Test Facility, designed around a 3-axes Helmholtz coil (HHC) cage and precision fluxgate magnetometers, will be used for carrying out the research. The PNMSat specimens will be subject to relevant on-orbit control modes inside the HHC cage. Using the magnetometer measurements taken during the emulation of these control modes, a harmonic understanding of the magnetic activity will be investigated. The research will aid in the refinement of the various subsystems of a PNMSat - particularly the operation of attitude determination and control systems, as well as electro-magnetically sensitive instrumentation. It will further aid in designing magnetic booms for PNMSats. This research is a stepping stone to founding a PNMSat program at Tuskegee University and provides an opportunity for collaboration with other Historically Black Colleges and Universities.