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

研究启动奖为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的初级和职业生涯中期教师提供支持，这些教师正在建立新的研究计划或重新定向和重建现有的研究计划。预计该奖项有助于进一步提高教师的研究能力和有效性，改善其所在机构的研究和教学，并让本科生参与研究经验。授予塔斯基吉大学的奖项可能会在许多领域产生更广泛的影响。该项目力求研究绘制微微/纳米/微型卫星电磁场分布图的方法，并协助完善它们的轨道确定和控制能力。航空航天工程本科生将通过参与该项目获得研究经验。总体研究目标是更好地了解PNMSats的磁活动，并研究对这类卫星的磁图进行建模的方法。围绕三轴亥姆霍兹线圈(HHC)保持架和精密磁通门磁力计设计的磁线圈测试设备将用于开展这项研究。PNMSat样品将受到HHC笼子内相关在轨控制模式的影响。使用在这些控制模式的仿真期间进行的磁强计测量，将研究对磁活动的和谐理解。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以及电磁敏感仪器的运行。它将进一步帮助设计PNMSats的磁力吊杆。这项研究是在塔斯基吉大学建立PNMSat项目的垫脚石，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.