Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques

In this paper, relative orbit and attitude adaptive controllers are integrated to perform roto-translational maneuvers for CubeSats equipped with a Drag Maneuvering Device (DMD). The DMD enables the host CubeSat with modulation of aerodynamic forces/torques and gravity gradient torque. Adaptive cont...

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Main Authors:	Camilo Riano-Rios, Alberto Fedele, Riccardo Bevilacqua
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:	Applied Sciences
Subjects:	adaptive control CubeSat drag lift attitude uncertainty
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4606

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spelling	doaj-da8de18848fb473a93ec37e9ab29fcec2021-06-01T00:22:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-05-01114606460610.3390/app11104606Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and TorquesCamilo Riano-Rios0Alberto Fedele1Riccardo Bevilacqua2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 939 Sweetwater Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 939 Sweetwater Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 939 Sweetwater Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USAIn this paper, relative orbit and attitude adaptive controllers are integrated to perform roto-translational maneuvers for CubeSats equipped with a Drag Maneuvering Device (DMD). The DMD enables the host CubeSat with modulation of aerodynamic forces/torques and gravity gradient torque. Adaptive controllers for independent orbital and attitude maneuvers are revisited to account for traslational-attitude coupling while compensating for uncertainty in parameters such as atmospheric density, drag/lift coefficients, location of the Center of Mass (CoM) and inertia matrix. Uniformly ultimately bounded convergence of the attitude error and relative orbit states is guaranteed by Lyapunov-based stability analysis for the integrated roto-translational maneuver. A simulation example of an along-track formation maneuver between two CubeSats with simultaneous attitude control using only environmental forces and torques is presented to validate the controller.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4606adaptive controlCubeSatdragliftattitudeuncertainty
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author	Camilo Riano-Rios Alberto Fedele Riccardo Bevilacqua
spellingShingle	Camilo Riano-Rios Alberto Fedele Riccardo Bevilacqua Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques Applied Sciences adaptive control CubeSat drag lift attitude uncertainty
author_facet	Camilo Riano-Rios Alberto Fedele Riccardo Bevilacqua
author_sort	Camilo Riano-Rios
title	Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques
title_short	Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques
title_full	Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques
title_fullStr	Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques
title_full_unstemmed	Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques
title_sort	roto-translational control of spacecraft in low earth orbit using environmental forces and torques
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Applied Sciences
issn	2076-3417
publishDate	2021-05-01
description	In this paper, relative orbit and attitude adaptive controllers are integrated to perform roto-translational maneuvers for CubeSats equipped with a Drag Maneuvering Device (DMD). The DMD enables the host CubeSat with modulation of aerodynamic forces/torques and gravity gradient torque. Adaptive controllers for independent orbital and attitude maneuvers are revisited to account for traslational-attitude coupling while compensating for uncertainty in parameters such as atmospheric density, drag/lift coefficients, location of the Center of Mass (CoM) and inertia matrix. Uniformly ultimately bounded convergence of the attitude error and relative orbit states is guaranteed by Lyapunov-based stability analysis for the integrated roto-translational maneuver. A simulation example of an along-track formation maneuver between two CubeSats with simultaneous attitude control using only environmental forces and torques is presented to validate the controller.
topic	adaptive control CubeSat drag lift attitude uncertainty
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4606
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Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques

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