Keywords
satellite formation control, fuel optimization
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of reorienting a constellation of spacecraft such that the fuel distributed across the constellation is both conserved and expended uniformly. Results are derived for constellations with an arbitrary number of spacecraft, assuming that the constellation is in free space, that the spacecraft mass is time invariant, and that the thrusters can produce thrust in any direction. An open-loop control algorithm is derived by minimizing a cost function that trades off total fuel minimization and fuel equalization. The associated optimization problem is shown to be amenable to standard algorithms. Simulation results using a four-spacecraft constellation are given.
Original Publication Citation
Beard, R., McLain, T., and Hadaegh, F. Fuel Optimization for Constrained Rotation of Satellite Formations, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, & Dynamics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 339-346, March-April 2000.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
McLain, Timothy; Beard, Randal W.; and Hadaegh, Fred Y., "Fuel Optimization for Constrained Rotation of Satellite Formations" (2000). Faculty Publications. 1909.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1909
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2000-4
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3862
Publisher
AIAA
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Copyright Status
©2017 AIAA. This is the author's submitted version of this article. The definitive version can be found at https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.4528
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