
Licheng Li developed and enhanced attitude determination and control software for the Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software repository, focusing on robust detumbling algorithms and sensor integration. Over seven months, Li refactored core C modules to derive angular velocity from magnetic field data, reducing external dependencies and improving testability. He introduced modular control logic, improved sensor calibration routines, and stabilized the build system using Makefile automation. Li’s work addressed both feature development and bug fixes, emphasizing maintainability, error handling, and simulation accuracy. By integrating algorithm optimization and embedded systems expertise, he delivered a more reliable, maintainable ADCS stack for satellite mission readiness.
February 2026 summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. No new features released this month; focus remained on correctness, stability, and QA readiness. The primary deliverable was a targeted bug fix improving magnetic dipole moment computation accuracy and preventing incorrect results in simulations/analyses.
February 2026 summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. No new features released this month; focus remained on correctness, stability, and QA readiness. The primary deliverable was a targeted bug fix improving magnetic dipole moment computation accuracy and preventing incorrect results in simulations/analyses.
January 2026 performance summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software focusing on detumbling reliability, code quality, and maintainability to strengthen early-orbit attitude control.
January 2026 performance summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software focusing on detumbling reliability, code quality, and maintainability to strengthen early-orbit attitude control.
In December 2025, the ADCS software team delivered a set of reliability-focused enhancements in the Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software repository. Key work included detumbling control robustness with BDOT filtering and timing improvements, sensor calibration and data processing robustness, a new 3D vector equality utility, improved moon-direction error reporting, and licensing/notice updates for better compliance and maintainability. These changes collectively strengthen attitude stability, data-path clarity, and overall mission resilience while improving maintainability and compliance.
In December 2025, the ADCS software team delivered a set of reliability-focused enhancements in the Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software repository. Key work included detumbling control robustness with BDOT filtering and timing improvements, sensor calibration and data processing robustness, a new 3D vector equality utility, improved moon-direction error reporting, and licensing/notice updates for better compliance and maintainability. These changes collectively strengthen attitude stability, data-path clarity, and overall mission resilience while improving maintainability and compliance.
Monthly overview for 2025-11 focused on Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. Delivered major ADCS enhancements and improved build reliability to accelerate validation and maintenance. Work concentrated on sensor handling and attitude determination accuracy, plus a more maintainable calibration and matrix math stack, complemented by a stabilized build/config workflow to reduce integration friction and enable safer development cycles.
Monthly overview for 2025-11 focused on Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. Delivered major ADCS enhancements and improved build reliability to accelerate validation and maintenance. Work concentrated on sensor handling and attitude determination accuracy, plus a more maintainable calibration and matrix math stack, complemented by a stabilized build/config workflow to reduce integration friction and enable safer development cycles.
October 2025 (2025-10) monthly summary: Delivered the ADCS Experimental Framework Enhancements that integrate determination_experiment and ramp_experiment into ADCS.C, introduced the ADCS_HDD_TESTING mode for isolated hardware validation, and refined error handling for detumble and PID experiments. This work, combined with refactoring ADCS.C to call modular functions, improves testability, reduces integration risk, and accelerates experimental cycles. The commit bceb772be200568efbcc2cc729cca5600ea269d2 documents the function-call refactor.
October 2025 (2025-10) monthly summary: Delivered the ADCS Experimental Framework Enhancements that integrate determination_experiment and ramp_experiment into ADCS.C, introduced the ADCS_HDD_TESTING mode for isolated hardware validation, and refined error handling for detumble and PID experiments. This work, combined with refactoring ADCS.C to call modular functions, improves testability, reduces integration risk, and accelerates experimental cycles. The commit bceb772be200568efbcc2cc729cca5600ea269d2 documents the function-call refactor.
February 2025 performance summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. Focused on enabling safe, autonomous detumbling and providing foundational coil actuation groundwork. Key outcomes include groundwork for coil control in virtual_intellisat, improved detumbling control with bias and current limiting, and a startup bug fix to ensure correct detumble initialization. These changes enhance attitude control reliability, operational safety, and readiness for upcoming mission phases.
February 2025 performance summary for Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software. Focused on enabling safe, autonomous detumbling and providing foundational coil actuation groundwork. Key outcomes include groundwork for coil control in virtual_intellisat, improved detumbling control with bias and current limiting, and a startup bug fix to ensure correct detumble initialization. These changes enhance attitude control reliability, operational safety, and readiness for upcoming mission phases.
January 2025 Monthly Summary — Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software Focused on strengthening the detumbling capability by deriving angular velocity from magnetic field readings rather than relying on a direct get_angvel call. This update makes detumbling more self-contained, robust, and testable, with internal data derivation and added helper functions for angular velocity calculation and threshold checks.
January 2025 Monthly Summary — Space-and-Satellite-Systems-UC-Davis/ADCS-Software Focused on strengthening the detumbling capability by deriving angular velocity from magnetic field readings rather than relying on a direct get_angvel call. This update makes detumbling more self-contained, robust, and testable, with internal data derivation and added helper functions for angular velocity calculation and threshold checks.

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