Investigation of mechanical disturbances and reliability of CubeSat due to impact of the reaction wheel

Abstract

In this work, the study of micro vibrations, on the small satellite with the optical communication mission, caused by the reaction wheel was investigated. Imbalance of the reaction wheel measured by finite element and experimental methods during the work. The obtained imbalance was applied to the formulated satellite mission, the influence of the imbalance on the satellite was determined by the finite element method.