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Trajectory Design for 6-DoF Asteroid Powered Landing via Convex Optimization

  • Yingying Zhang*
  • , Jiangchuan Huang
  • , Yang Tian
  • , Hutao Cui
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

In this paper, a trajectory design algorithm via convex optimization has been proposed for the 6-DoF asteroid powered landing problem. The main contribution is that the algorithm combines the time-optimal and the fuel-optimal trajectory optimization to give a fuel-optimal trajectory in the optimal flight time. First, two constrained nonconvex optimal control problems of the time-optimal and the fuel-optimal are proposed, then the original nonconvex continuous-time infinite dimensional problems are turned to convex discrete-time finite dimensional optimization problems through linearization and discretization of the nonlinear dynamics and the nonconvex state, control constraints. By developing the successive convexification, the final trajectory is achieved by solving a sequence of convex fuel-optimal sub-problems using the optimal flight time and the time-optimal trajectory given by solving the time-optimal optimization problem in successive manner. The validity of proposed algorithm of generating the fuel-optimal trajectory in the optimal flight time is verified through numerical simulations for landing on an irregular asteroid.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWireless and Satellite Systems - 11th EAI International Conference, WiSATS 2020, Proceedings
EditorsQihui Wu, Kanglian Zhao, Xiaojin Ding
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages99-115
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783030690717
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event11th EAI International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems, WiSATS 2020 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 17 Sep 202018 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume358
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

Conference

Conference11th EAI International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems, WiSATS 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period17/09/2018/09/20

Keywords

  • Asteroid landing
  • Fuel-optimal
  • Successive convexification
  • Time-optimal
  • Trajectory design

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