REPORT - Design and Stability Analysis of a De-Orbiting System for Small Satellites

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Appendix B

Simulink program constructive details B.1 First step The Simulink blocks that translate the equation of motion are presented in Figure B.1. For now, the variation of the satellite’s velocity is only defined by the gravitational force.

Figure B.1: First Simulink program. Inside the ”Equations of Motion” block

The altitude is computed for every time-step using the Simulink code depicted in Figure B.2.

Figure B.2: First Simulink program. Inside the ”Alt Calculation” block

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