Spacecraft attitude stabilization based on active magnetic actuators represents a challenging problem, since the available control torque is constrained on a plane orthogonal to the direction of the local geomagnetic field, making the system instantaneously underactuated. A novel magnetic controller is proposed, driving a satellite flying on a Low-Earth-Orbit to three-axis stabilization on a prescribed attitude in the Nadir-pointing orbit frame. A proof of stability is provided for an idealized configuration (axisymmetric spacecraft with no disturbances). Robustness of the control technique against environmental disturbances, parameter uncertainties, corrupted measurements, and other control implementation issues is then demonstrated by numerical simulations, where the effect of magnetic residual dipoles is mitigated by online estimation.
Avanzini G., de Angelis E.L., Giulietti F. (2021). Two-timescale magnetic attitude control of Low-Earth-Orbit spacecraft. AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 116, 1-12 [10.1016/j.ast.2021.106884].
Two-timescale magnetic attitude control of Low-Earth-Orbit spacecraft
de Angelis E. L.
;Giulietti F.
2021
Abstract
Spacecraft attitude stabilization based on active magnetic actuators represents a challenging problem, since the available control torque is constrained on a plane orthogonal to the direction of the local geomagnetic field, making the system instantaneously underactuated. A novel magnetic controller is proposed, driving a satellite flying on a Low-Earth-Orbit to three-axis stabilization on a prescribed attitude in the Nadir-pointing orbit frame. A proof of stability is provided for an idealized configuration (axisymmetric spacecraft with no disturbances). Robustness of the control technique against environmental disturbances, parameter uncertainties, corrupted measurements, and other control implementation issues is then demonstrated by numerical simulations, where the effect of magnetic residual dipoles is mitigated by online estimation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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