A Satellite Attitude Control Algorithm

Author

Arif, Thawar

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Appl. Sci. Univ., Amman, Jordan

fYear

2010

fDate

7-10 May 2010

Firstpage

666

Lastpage

670

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to present the application of the minimal controller synthesis algorithm on a satellite attitude control system. This algorithm is an extension to the model reference adaptive control algorithm. It has a simple structure with relatively few computational requirements per time step. The description of attitude kinematics of the rotational motion of rigid body satellite is considered based on two perpendicular rotations. The infrared astronomical satellite attitude control system was simulated using the minimal controller synthesis algorithm. The simulation results showed that the minimal controller synthesis controller is robust in the presence of unknown external disturbances and unmodelled dynamics in the plant.

Keywords

artificial satellites; attitude control; model reference adaptive control systems; infrared astronomical satellite; minimal controller synthesis algorithm; model reference adaptive control algorithm; satellite attitude control algorithm; Adaptive control; Artificial satellites; Asymptotic stability; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Control system synthesis; Kinematics; Robust control; Robust stability; Vehicle dynamics; adaptive control; attitude control; model reference adaptive control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Research and Development, 2010 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-4043-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCRD.2010.154

Filename

5489542