Attitude maneuver path optimization for small scale spacescraft

Author

Du, Runle ; Liu, Jiaqi ; Wang, Yonghai

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Sci. & Technol. on Test Phys. & Numerical Math., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

26-28 Jan. 2012

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

164

Abstract

During its flight, Spacecrafts need to maneuver its attitude across a number of predefined positions. The order to traverse these attitudes is a combinational optimization problem. In this article, fuel cost is estimated by analyzing the angular momentum change during attitude transitions. Based on this estimation, an optimization algorithm for both fuel-cost and maneuver-time oriented path planner is introduced. Simulation result demonstrated the effectiveness of proposed approach.

Keywords

attitude control; combinatorial mathematics; optimisation; path planning; space vehicles; angular momentum change; attitude maneuver path optimization; attitude transitions; combinational optimization problem; fuel-cost; maneuver-time oriented path planner; optimization algorithm; predefined positions; small scale spacescraft; Attitude control; Fuels; Heuristic algorithms; Optimization; Path planning; Space vehicles; Switches; Attitude Control; Attitude Maneuver Planning; Attitude Tracking Path Optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI), 2012 IEEE 10th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Herl´any

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0196-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAMI.2012.6208949

Filename

6208949