A NOVEL-APPROACH TO THE ATTITUDE-CONTROL OF AXISYMMETRICAL SPACECRAFT

Authors
TSIOTRAS P CORLESS M LONGUSKI JM
Citation
P. Tsiotras et al., A NOVEL-APPROACH TO THE ATTITUDE-CONTROL OF AXISYMMETRICAL SPACECRAFT, Automatica, 31(8), 1995, pp. 1099-1112
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Controlo Theory & Cybernetics","Robotics & Automatic Control
Journal title
Automatica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00051098
Volume
31
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1099 - 1112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-1098(1995)31:8<1099:ANTTAO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We consider the problem of attitude stabilization of an axisymmetric s pacecraft using two pairs of gas jet actuators. These actuators provid e control torques about two axes spanning the two-dimensional plane or thogonal to the axis of symmetry. Using a new kinematic formulation, w e derive a stabilizing control law that achieves arbitrary reorientati on of the spacecraft under the assumption that the initial spin rate a bout the symmetry axis is zero.