Controllability analysis and attitude path planning of underactuated spacecraft systems

Jiawei Zhang; Kemao Ma; Guizhi Meng

doi:10.1016/j.ast.2014.01.003

Controllability analysis and attitude path planning of underactuated spacecraft systems

Jiawei Zhang^*
, Kemao Ma
, Guizhi Meng

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Astronautics

Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The controllability analysis and attitude path planning are addressed for an underactuated spacecraft using two flywheels as actuators. Considering the spacecraft and flywheels as a whole system, we describe the dynamics of the system on an angular momentum level set such that the system is controllable with arbitrary initial momentum and direction of the torque singular vector. Moreover, an optimal performance index is proposed with the influence of friction torques in flywheels considered. With this index being optimized, Gauss Pseudospectral Method (GPM) is used to design the attitude path of the system, which satisfies the spacecraft maneuver requirement. Finally, simulation results show the effectiveness of the attitude path planning method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-81
Number of pages	6
Journal	Aerospace Science and Technology
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2014.01.003
State	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Controllability
Flywheel
Gauss pseudospectral method
Path planning
Underactuated spacecraft

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