A Novel Attitude Representation in View of Spacecraft Attitude Reconstruction using Temperature Data

Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control

The problem of reorienting a spacecraft in to acquire a moving target is investigated. The spacecraft is modeled as a rigid body with N axisymmetric wheels controlled by axial torques, and the kinematics are represented by Modified Rodriques Parameters. The trajectory, denoted the reference trajectory, is one generated by a virtual spacecraft that is identical to the actual spacecraft. The open...

Turner and Hall Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Control ADAPTIVE SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL USING NEURAL NETWORKS

Neural networks offer a unique approach to controlling a dynamically changing system. By updating synaptic weights of an interconnected, algebraic framework, desired system objectives can be reached despite an unknown operating environment. This research implements a neural network for controlling the attitude of a satellite with unknown system disturbances. The training and updating of the con...

A novel approach to the attitude control of axisymmetric spacecraft

A novel approach is proposed for the attitude stabilization and reorientation of an axi-symmetric spacecraft subject to two gas jet actuators. The approach is based on a new formulation of the attitude kinematics. Abstract| In this paper we consider the problem of attitude stabilization of an axi-symmetric spacecraft using two pairs of gas jet actuators. These actuators provide control torques ...

Spacecraft attitude control using magnetic actuators

Attitude stabilization of a rigid spacecraft using two control torques: A nonlinear control approach based on the spacecraft attitude dynamics

-The attitude stabilization problem of a rigid spacecraft using control torques supplied by gas jet actuators about only two of its principal axes is considered. If the uncontrolled principal axis of the spacecraft is not an axis of symmetry, then the complete spacecraft dynamics are small time locally controllable. However, the spacecraft cannot be asymptotically stabilized to any equilibrium ...