SmallSat

Generic SmallSat

Since R2024a

Description

SmallSat is one of the spacecraft that you can use within the 3D simulation environment. The SmallSat represents a small satellite, typically under 500 kg. This environment is rendered using the Unreal Engine^® from Epic Games^®. For detailed views of the SmallSat, see Views.

To add this type of vehicle to the 3D simulation environment:

1. Add a Simulation 3D Spacecraft block to your Simulink^® model.

2. In the Block Parameters dialog box, on the Parameters tab, set the Type parameter to SmallSat.

3. Set the Initial translation (m) and Initial rotation (rad) parameters to an array size that matches SmallSat, for example, zeros(20,3).

Size

These are the unscaled sizes of the generic SmallSat mesh.

Parameter	Value
Length (m)	1.40
Width (m)	1.40
Height (m)	1.98
Length with Solar Arrays Open (m)	11.36

Views

Top-down view — SmallSat top-down view

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Left side view — SmallSat left side view

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Right side view — SmallSat right side view

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Front view — SmallSat front view

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Back view — SmallSat back view

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Bottom view — SmallSat bottom view

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Skeleton

SmallSat Skeleton

The SmallSat skeleton has these parts.

• SmallSat

  • ANTENNA1

  • ANTENNA2

  • ANTENNA3

  • ANTENNA4

  • SENSOR1

  • SENSOR2

  • SENSOR3

  • SENSOR4

  • SOLAR_ARRAY1

    • SOLAR_ARRAY1_1

      • SOLAR_ARRAY1_1_1

        • SOLAR_ARRAY1_1_1_1

          • SOLAR_ARRAY1_1_1_1_1

  • SOLAR_ARRAY2

    • SOLAR_ARRAY2_2

      • SOLAR_ARRAY2_2_2

        • SOLAR_ARRAY2_2_2_2

          • SOLAR_ARRAY2_2_2_2_2

  • THRUSTER

Version History

Introduced in R2024a