Observabilitybased mars autonomous navigation using. This paper proposes a family of tracking controllers for different dynamics of spacecraft formation flying sff in the framework of porthamiltonian ph systems through application of timed interconnection and. Survey on guidance navigation and control requirements for spacecraft formationflying missions g. Only data type used for mars orbiting spacecraft and for certain astronomical observatories. Satellite orbital maneuvers i identify required orbit. Hadaegh, dynamics and control challenges of spacecraft swarms under the influence of j2 gravity and atmospheric drag, 4th international conference on spacecraft formation flying missions and technology sffmt, sthubert, quebec, may 1820, 2011. Proceedings of the 2005 american control conference, portland, or.
Application of synchronization to formation flying spacecraft. Advances in control system technology for aerospace applications. Relative navigation accuracy requirements for the eo1 and l7 formation formation flying refers to the coordinated control of a group of satellites such that the satellite positions relative to a reference position e. Aiaa guidance, navigation and control conference, boston, ma, usa, august, 1998, aiaa 98 4225. I given position and velocity, determine orbital elements.
Spacecraft formation flying in the porthamiltonian framework. Enabling spacecraft formation flying through spaceborne. Decentralized robust coordinated control for formation flying. Spacecraft formation flying dynamics and control using the. Pose estimation of an uncooperative spacecraft from actual. Survey on guidance navigation and control requirements for. The lorentz force, which acts on a charged particle when it is moving through a magnetic field, provides a new concept of propellantless electromagnetic propulsion. The text fills an important void and the authors have utilized the advantage they enjoy, being among the leaders in researching this subject, to write an authoritative exposition. Jan 11, 2020 the problem of controlling the relative position and velocity in multi spacecraft formation flying in the planetary orbits is an enabling technology for current and future research. Virtual structure based spacecraft formation control with formation feedback. The motion of a charged satellite subjected to the earths magnetic field is considered. Model predictive control for formation flying spacecraft. Due to the presence of diverse interferences and uncertainties in the outer space, such as the changing spacecraft mass, unavailable space parameters, and varying gravity forces, traditional control methods encounter great difficulties in this area.
A memoryimmunologybased control approach with applications. Spacecraft relative motion dynamics, guidance, navigation, and control have been studied extensively in the last decade or more owing to the growing interest in proximity operations and formation flying. Orbit and attitude control of spacecraft formation flying springerlink. This dissertation focuses on the control and navigation aspects of spacecraft relative motion by exploring two problems. Though satellite formation flying is widely considered to be a major advance in space technology, there are few systematic treatments of the topic in the literature. Science press docking of spacecraft flying in formation is the electromagnetic current international aerospace research and a new hot spot. Enabling spacecraft formation flying through spaceborne gps. Distributed coordination and control of formation flying spacecraft michael tillerson, louis breger, and jonathan p. This formation, is sometimes called a leaderfollower pair, and its dynamics are often. Survey on guidance navigation and control requirements for spacecraft formation flying missions article pdf available in journal of guidance control and dynamics 414. This dissertation focuses on the control and navigation aspects. How aerospace controls laboratory, massachusetts institute of technology contents 8. The problem of controlling the relative position and velocity in multispacecraft formation flying in the planetary orbits is an enabling technology for current and future research.
Model predictive control with open and closedloop robustness louis breger, gokhan inalhan, michael tillerson, and jonathan p. For the leader spacecraft runs in an elliptical orbit, the relative motion between the leader and the follower spacecraft is governed by the following nonlinear equation 4, 5 mf. Many formations can be controlled based on absolute orbit. Spacecraft formation flying ebook by kyle alfriend.
Proceedings of the 2005 american control conference, portland, or, usa, 810 june 2005, pp. Dynamics, control and navigation kyle alfriend, srinivas rao vadali, pini gurfil, jonathan how, louis breger spacecraft formation flying sff is of huge importance to the aerospace and space community. Distributed coordination and control of formation flying. New guidance, navigation, and control technologies for formation flying spacecraft and planetary landing. This control law is usually expressed in terms of a relative state vector, which commonly includes relative positions and. Publications aerospace robotics and control at caltech. As a matter of terminology, the relative dynamics model seeks to describe the motion of a spacecraft, denoted as the deputy, with respect to a reference spacecraft, denoted as the chief. However, the coordination and control of such instruments present many design challenges.
An introduction presents the fundamentals of classical control in the context of spacecraft attitude control. Dynamics, control and navigation elsevier astrodynamics kindle edition by alfriend, kyle, vadali, srinivas rao, gurfil, pini, how, jonathan, breger, louis. This thesis addresses two spacecraft formation flying control challenges. With more and more special requirements for spacecraft systems, the development of single traditional monolithic spacecraft system is restricted due to its shortcomings like long development cycle, huge cost and increased risk, etc. Many researches have been done with respect to spacecraft formation flying, such as relative dynamics, motion control and navigation. Formation flying guidance ffg is defined as the generation of any reference trajectories used as an input for a formation members relative state tracking control law. Relative attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft. Without loss of generality, the proposed control law can be applied to the position synchronization of formation. Relative attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft formation flying considering flexible panels. Introduction f ormation flying ff has received much attention recently because of the advantages it offers in terms of mission. Adaptive synchronization control of multiple spacecraft. Spacecraft formation flying control using mean orbit elements h schaub, sr vadali, jl junkins, kt alfriend journal of the astronautical sciences 48 1, 6987, 2000. Modeling and control of formation flying satellites in 6 dof oppgavens tekst. The advantage is that the virtual structure could be made to any size.
Modeling and control of formation flying satellites in 6 dof. For baselines more than about a dozen meters, precision formation flying becomes the only feasible option. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Addressing that gap, the book offers a valuable resource for academics, researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners in the field of satellite science and engineering. Measurements from a cdgps relative navigation system are assumed to be in.
Spacecraft relative motion applications to pursuitevasion. State key laboratory of ocean engineering, shanghai jiao tong university, shanghai 200240, china. Spacecraft formation reconfiguration with multiobstacle avoidance under navigation and control uncertainties using adaptive artificial potential function method. Relative positioning of satellites in formations is an important control problem within the field of satellite formation flight. Comparatively, a space mission system with multiple smaller spacecraft under formation flying has several great advantages over the single one. Guidance, navigation, and control for commercial and scientific. May 23, 2012 adaptive output feedback control of spacecraft formation flying using chebyshev neural networks journal of aerospace engineering, vol. Formation flying can also be characterized as a combination of multiple assets, that is, space vehicles, suborbital balloons and surface robots, all operating autonomously together. Note that, without loss of generality, the chief could also define an ideal reference orbit or trajectory instead of the physical orbit of a spacecraft.
The key challenge of this approach, namely ensuring the proper formation flying of multiple craft, is the topic of this second volume in elseviers astrodynamics series, spacecraft formation flying. This thesis focuses on the particular challenges posed by missions designed for leo and heo. Jun 15, 2019 in this paper, an adaptive artificial potential function aapf method is developed for spacecraft formation reconfiguration with multiobstacle avoidance under navigation and control uncertainties. Multiobject attitude and rate tracking for spacecraft in formation flying. Dynamics, control and navigation provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject in a widely accessible fashion. Hybrid cartesian and orbit element feedback law for formation flying spacecraft h schaub, kt alfriend journal of guidance, control, and dynamics 25 2, 387393, 2002. Output feedback control for spacecraft formation flying with coupled translation and attitude dynamics. In this paper, an adaptive artificial potential function aapf method is developed for spacecraft formation reconfiguration with multiobstacle avoidance under navigation and control uncertainties. Dependent on the formation mission, various degrees of position accuracy is.
Dynamics, control and navigation space agencies are now realizing that much of what has previously been. Principles of spacecraft navigation typical data types for spacecraft navigation data type characteristics current accuracy typical mission phases doppler measures lineofsight range rate 0. Bevilacqua university of florida, gainesville, florida 326116250 doi. Provides the basics of spacecraft orbital dynamics plus attitude dynamics and control, using vectrix notation spacecraft dynamics and control. Pdf spacecraft formation flying control design for the. Dynamics, control and navigation elsevier astrodynamics kyle alfriend, srinivas rao vadali, pini gurfil, jonathan how, louis. In aiaa guidance, navigation, and control conference, pages 25, 2010. A novel decentralized relative navigation algorithm for. Dynamics, control and navigation space agencies are now realizing that much of what has previously been achieved using hugely complex and costly single.
Adaptive output feedback control of spacecraft formation flying using chebyshev neural networks journal of aerospace engineering, vol. Spacecraft formation flying sff is an important technology for future missions, such as rendezvous and docking, long baseline interferometry, stereographic imaging and synthetic apertures. Tracking control of spacecraft formation flying with. The lorentz force, which acts on a charged particle when it is moving through a magnetic field, provides a new concept of. Design and testing of a vision based navigation system for a. Design and evaluation of navigation and control algorithms. A dynamic model of a charged satellite, including the effect of the lorentz force in the vicinity of a circular or an elliptic orbit, is. Spacecraft formation flying by kyle alfriend overdrive. In proceedings of the aiaa guidance, navigation, and control conference and exhibit, p. Multiple spacecraft formation flying control around sunearth l 2 libration point. Therefore, formation flying typically involves active, realtime, closedloop control of these satellites in the formation. This approach is particularly beneficial for the training of students in both of the subjects of classical control as well as its application. Each poses unique challenges to the present stateoftheart in spacecraft orbit design and control.
A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control. Satellite formation flying relative dynamics, formation. A guidance, navigation, and control gnc system is presented for formation flying missions with variable geometry. Testbed for onorbit servicing and formation flying dynamics emulation. Navigation, and control conference and exhibit june 2012. Spacecraft formation reconfiguration with multiobstacle.
This paper addresses the problem of formation control for multiple spacecrafts in planetary orbital environment poe. Furthermore, an improved linear quadratic regular ilqr is proposed to track the reference trajectory and a lyapunovbased method is employed to demonstrate the stability of the overall closed. A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and. Introduction to spacecraft dynamics overview of course objectives determining orbital elements i know keplers laws of motion, frames of reference eci, ecef, etc. Furthermore, an improved linear quadratic regular ilqr is proposed to track the reference trajectory and a lyapunovbased method is employed to demonstrate the stability of the. This ffg definition includes open loop control design i.
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