Attitude Dynamics/Control of Dual-Body Spacecraft with Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyros
Abstract
The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.The dynamics equations of a spacecraft consisting of two bodies mutually rotating around a common gimbal
axis are derived by the use of the Newton–Euler approach. One of the bodies contains a cluster of single-gimbal
variable-speed control moment gyros. The equations include all of the inertia terms and are written in a general
form, valid for any cluster configurations and any number of actuators in the cluster. A guidance algorithm has
been developed under the assumtion that the two bodies of the spacecraft are optically coupled telescopes that relay
laser signals. The reference maneuver is found by the imposition of the connectivity between the source and the
target on the ground. A new nonlinear control law is designed for the spacecraft attitude and joint rotation by the
use of Lyapunov’s direct method. An acceleration-based steering law is used for the variable-speed control moment
gyros. The analytical results are tested by numerical simulations conducted for both regulation and tracking cases.
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