METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GUIDANCE OF ATTITUDE OF A SATELLITE, SATELLITE, PLURALITIES OF SATELLITES, AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAMME

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling the guidance of attitude of a satellite (1), the satellite comprising an optical instrument (2), and a solar generator (4) defining a functional surface. The method comprises a first step of transmission (104) of guidance control for pointing the sighting axis (V) of the optical instrument in the direction of regions (7) to be imaged and a second step of transmission (106) of guidance control for orienting the normal (N, Na, Nb) towards the functional surface in the direction of the solar radiation. The guidance controls only relate to the rotation of the satellite about the speed axis (X), the angle of rotation about the orbit axis (Y) and the nadir axis (Z) in the orbital reference frame being maintained at substantially zero.