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The Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS) is very essential for stabilizing the satellite in orbit and ensuring that it points in the direction it is supposed to point in. For a systematic understanding the functions and various components of ADCS, we have organized the contents in a systematic manner as shown below:
*About Introduction to ADCS
**[[What is Attitude?]]
**[[What is Control?]]
*[[Components of ADCS]]
**Sensors and Estimators
***[[What is Estimation? Estimate What?]]
***[[Euler Angles]]
***[[Quaternions]]
***[[Triad Algorithm]]
***[[Q Method and Wahba's Problem]]
***[[QuEST]]
***[[Least Squares Estimation]]
**Actuators
***[[Magnetorquers]]
***[[Reaction Wheels]]
**Control Law
***[[Flow Chart of a Control System]]***[[B Dot Law]]**Propagation***[[Orbit Propagator]]***[[Determination of Sun Vector using Sunsensors]]***[[International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF)]]
***[[Modeling of Sensors in Simulink]]
**[[On Ground Simulations]]
***[[On Ground Simulations#On-board In-Loop Simulation (OILS) | On-board In-Loop Simulations (OILS)]]
***[[On Ground Simulations#Hardware In-Loop Simulation (HILS) | Hardware In-Loop Simulations (HILS)]]
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