Design and Implementation of Backstepping-Sliding mode Attitude Controller in The Prossecor in The Loop Test Bed

In this paper, a robust attitude control algorithm is developed based on backstepping-sliding mode control for a satellite using four reaction wheels in a tetrahedron configuration. In this method, asymptotic stability of the proposed algorithm has been proven in the presence of reaction wheels dynamic model based on Lyapunov theory. Then, in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, a low-cost real-time prossecor in the loop test bed is provided. The presented test bed is capable of real-time assessing the attitude backstepping-sliding mode control algorithm. In this test bed, real-time modeling of satellite dynamic, environmental disturbances and reaction wheels are achieved in a simulator computer and the proposed control algorithm performance is investigated by implementing it in an electronic control board of the prossecor in the loop test bed.