Title :
Optimal angular velocity control with finite terminal time for an asymmetric spacecraft
Author_Institution :
SHAPE Technical Centre, The Hague, Netherlands
fDate :
10/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method is presented to obtain optimal feedback control laws to reduce the angular momentum of a tumbling asymmetric spacecraft to rest within a finite interval of time. This correspondence only treats the case with unconstrained but finite continuous control functions.
Keywords :
Angular velocity control; Nonlinear systems, continuous-time; Optimal control; Space-vehicle control; Angular velocity; Angular velocity control; Equations; Feedback control; H infinity control; Optimal control; Shape; Space vehicles; Torque control; Vectors;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1974.1100654
