Adaptive control applied to momentum unloading using the low earth orbital environment

Autor: T. F. Burns, Henryk Flashner
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 15:325-333
ISSN: 1533-3884
0731-5090
DOI: 10.2514/3.20840
Popis: An adaptive control technique for the unloading of spacecraft angular momentum is presented. The technique employs model reference adaptive control theory with Lyapunov stability analysis to synthesize a controller using multiple environmental sources in combination for unloading. Simulation studies are presented that employ magnetic, gravity gradient, and aerodynamic torques in a three-way controller. It is shown that momentum is contained within a dead zone introduced for disturbance compensation that is well below reasonable reaction wheel saturation limits for two model spacecraft of much different mass properties.
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