Disturbance observer based model predictive control for accurate atmospheric entry of spacecraft

  • Chao Wu
  • , Jun Yang
  • , Shihua Li*
  • , Qi Li
  • , Lei Guo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Facing the complex aerodynamic environment of Mars atmosphere, a composite atmospheric entry trajectory tracking strategy is investigated in this paper. External disturbances, initial states uncertainties and aerodynamic parameters uncertainties are the main problems. The composite strategy is designed to solve these problems and improve the accuracy of Mars atmospheric entry. This strategy includes a model predictive control for optimized trajectory tracking performance, as well as a disturbance observer based feedforward compensation for external disturbances and uncertainties attenuation. 500-run Monte Carlo simulations show that the proposed composite control scheme achieves more precise Mars atmospheric entry (3.8 km parachute deployment point distribution error) than the baseline control scheme (8.4 km) and integral control scheme (5.8 km).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2457-2471
Number of pages15
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume61
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2018

Keywords

  • Disturbance observer
  • Mars atmospheric entry
  • Model predictive control
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • Trajectory tracking

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