Title :
On the in-plane control of spacecraft relative motion
Author :
Mitchell, Jason W. ; Richardson, David L.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
An approach to provide in-plane control for the first-order nonlinear Hill´s equations describing relative motion of two satellites about a spherical Earth using Baumgarte stabilization is presented. The first-order nonlinear Hill´s equations are stabilized with a modified Baumgarte technique using the system´s Hamiltonian. This approach provides a significant reduction in the along-track drift with the nonlinear Hill´s equations as compared to the linearized equations of motion
Keywords :
aerospace control; artificial satellites; motion control; Hill´s equations; along-track drift; control schemes; formation flight; in-plane control; multiple satellite formation flight; nonlinear Hill´s equations; relative motion; relative satellite motion; Constraint theory; Control theory; Earth; Force control; Laboratories; Motion control; Nonlinear equations; Orbits; Satellites; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6495-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2001.945801
