TY - GEN
T1 - Impulsive control of satellite formation flying using orbital period difference
AU - Mok, Sunghoon
AU - Choi, Yoonhyuk
AU - Bang, Hyochoong
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper is mainly concerned with impulsive control of satellite formation flying using orbital period difference. Gauss's Variational Equation is used as a main equation and corresponding six orbital elements represent satellite status. Schaub and Alfriend's three-impulse algorithm constitutes a basic algorithm of this paper. In three-impulse algorithm, required impulses are determined by orbit element difference between current and desired orbit. Among orbit element difference, mean anomaly difference is an only time-varying term, and it comes from orbital period difference. In this paper, we analytically derive an impulse time which minimizes required impulse magnitude using orbital period difference, based on three-impulse algorithm. In addition, considering a case when proposed delayed impulse maneuver is not useful, alternative impulse maneuver is suggested. Finally, simulation studies are presented with artificial mission examples.
AB - This paper is mainly concerned with impulsive control of satellite formation flying using orbital period difference. Gauss's Variational Equation is used as a main equation and corresponding six orbital elements represent satellite status. Schaub and Alfriend's three-impulse algorithm constitutes a basic algorithm of this paper. In three-impulse algorithm, required impulses are determined by orbit element difference between current and desired orbit. Among orbit element difference, mean anomaly difference is an only time-varying term, and it comes from orbital period difference. In this paper, we analytically derive an impulse time which minimizes required impulse magnitude using orbital period difference, based on three-impulse algorithm. In addition, considering a case when proposed delayed impulse maneuver is not useful, alternative impulse maneuver is suggested. Finally, simulation studies are presented with artificial mission examples.
KW - Orbital elements
KW - Orbital period
KW - Satellite control
KW - Satellite formation flying
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901601391&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3182/20100906-5-jp-2022.00063
DO - 10.3182/20100906-5-jp-2022.00063
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84901601391
SN - 9783902661968
T3 - IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
SP - 368
EP - 373
BT - 18th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, ACA 2010 - Proceedings
PB - IFAC Secretariat
T2 - 18th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, ACA 2010
Y2 - 6 September 2010 through 10 September 2010
ER -