Decentralized coordinated attitude control for satellite formation flying via the state-dependent Riccati equation technique

The goal of the present study is to develop a decentralized coordinated attitude control algorithm for satellite formation flying. To handle the non-linearity of the dynamic system, the problems of absolute and relative attitude dynamics are formulated for the state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) technique. The SDRE technique is for the first time utilized as a non-linear controller of the relative attitude control problem for satellite formation flying, and then the results are compared to those from linear control methods, mainly the PD and LQR controllers. The stability region for the SDRE-controlled system was obtained using a numerical method. This estimated stability region demonstrates that the SDRE controller developed in the present paper guarantees the globally asymptotic stability for both the absolute and relative attitude controls. Moreover, in order to complement a non-selective control strategy for relative attitude error in formation flying, a selective control strategy is suggested. This strategy guarantees not only a reduction in unnecessary calculation, but also the mission-failure safety of the attitude control algorithm for satellite formation. The attitude control algorithm of the formation flying was tested in the orbital-reference coordinate system for the sake of applying the control algorithms to Earth-observing missions. The simulation results illustrate that the attitude control algorithm based on the SDRE technique can robustly drive the attitude errors to converge to zero.     

基于视线运动模型的椭圆轨道交会最优控制

针对航天器自主交会对接实际存在的接近方位角约束, 在视线坐标系内讨论了椭圆轨道最优交会控制设计问题. 根据椭圆轨道视线动力学模型具有时变非线性的特点, 分别采用状态相关Riccati方程(state-dependent riccati equation, SDRE)方法和\theta-D方法进行了最优交会控制器设计. 考虑到实际施加的控制力沿原轨道坐标系各轴向更易于实现, 结合SDRE方法中系统输入矩阵可与系统状态量相关, 进而设计了控制力沿轨道坐标系轴向的最优交会控制器. 数值仿真表明: 两种方法均实现了带有方位角约束的交会; \theta-D控制算法计算效率更高, 而SDRE控制算法精度较高, 且可以实现控制力沿轨道坐标系各轴定向施加.