Title :
On the Optimum Stabilization of a Satellite
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn.
Abstract :
The problem of stabilizing a tumbling satellite prior to attitude control is discussed. The method of Hamilton-Jacobi theory is used to derive an explicit closed-loop control law for the problem.
Keywords :
Angular velocity; Application software; Calculus; Dynamic programming; Feedback; Motion control; Optimal control; Partial differential equations; Satellites; Torque control; Attitude; Hamilton-Jacobi; closed loop; control; stabilization; tumbling;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1965.4501667
