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Constrained reaction wheel desaturation and attitude control of spacecraft with four reaction wheels
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The paper addresses a problem of constrained spacecraft attitude stabilization with simultaneous reaction wheel (RW) desaturation. The spacecraft has a reaction wheel array (RWA) consisting of four RWs in a pyramidal configuration. The developments exploit a spacecraft dynamics model with gravity gradient torques. The linearized dynamics are shown to be controllable at almost all RWA configurations. Configurations that result in the highest Degree of Controllability are elucidated. A strategy that combines an incremental reference governor and time-distributed model predictive control is proposed to perform constrained RW desaturation at low computational cost. Simulation results of successful RW desaturation maneuvers subject to spacecraft pointing constraints, RW zero-speed crossing avoidance and limits on control moments are reported.<br />Comment: Accepted for The 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (Yokohama, Japan)
- Subjects :
- Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2305.05817
- Document Type :
- Working Paper