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TIME-SYNCHRONIZED ATTITUDE TRACKING DURING RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING MANEUVERS

  • Yufeng Gao
  • , Dongyu Li
  • , Chuanjiang Li
  • , Guangfu Ma
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Previous research on attitude tracking control for rendezvous and docking maneuvers focuses on forcing the attitude vector to ultimately converge to the equilibrium, ignoring any consideration of when each attitude element converges relatively to the others. However, during rendezvous and docking maneuvers, it is desirable if all the attitude elements reach the target values at the same time, namely time-synchronized attitude tracking. This convergence property would significantly avoid the chattering and improve the pointing accuracy during rendezvous and docking maneuvers, resulting in a higher mission success rate. Based on the time-synchronized stability formulations, we further suitably design a time-synchronized attitude tracking control strategy. Finally, numerical simulations are conducted to present the time-synchronized attitude tracking features attained, compared with traditional control strategies; and further explorations of the merits of the time-synchronized convergence are described.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIAF Astrodynamics Symposium 2021 - Held at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2021
PublisherInternational Astronautical Federation, IAF
ISBN (Electronic)9781713843078
StatePublished - 2021
EventIAF Astrodynamics Symposium 2021 at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2021 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 25 Oct 202129 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
VolumeC1
ISSN (Print)0074-1795

Conference

ConferenceIAF Astrodynamics Symposium 2021 at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Period25/10/2129/10/21

Keywords

  • Time-synchronized control
  • fnite-time control
  • rendezvous and docking maneuvers
  • spacecraft attitude tracking

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