Formation control strategies for a separated spacecraft interferometer
- 1 January 1999
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 6, 4142-4147 vol.6
- https://doi.org/10.1109/acc.1999.786331
Abstract
Formation flying of multiple spacecraft is an enabling technology for future space science missions such as separated spacecraft interferometers. Controllers designed for these multi-vehicle fleets must address many high- and low-level tasks, and will become very complicated for large fleets. As such, this work describes ongoing research to investigate the precise sensing and control of a distributed spacecraft interferometer using a layered approach based on GPS and laser metrology. In particular, it focuses on the design of low-level controllers within several candidate control architectures, and analyzes how well these controllers perform on basic formations. Initial experimental results are presented on a three vehicle formation flying testbed executing station-keeping and rigid body maneuvers.Keywords
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