To analyze the attitude errors of vertical docking test system of small satellite,the static error and kinematic error of test system are considered.The working principle of test system and coordinate of actuator are introduced.The model of friction torque on the joints and torque on docking mechanism are built.Dynamics equation of actuator is built by the Lagrange equation and the Nielsen equation.Under the condition of 24 different angle groups,the calculation of dynamics equation is built by using MATLAB/SIMULINK platform and the kinematic errors of actuator are obtained.The attitude error models of docking mechanism are built.Results shows that the main angle error sources of yaw,row,pitch are not identical.The attitude error of yaw angle can be decreased by compensating the angle error around xaxis.The attitude error of row angle mainly originates in the system error,and it can be eliminated by adjusting non-orthogonal degree.
