A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control

This paper addresses the problem of coordinating multiple spacecraft to fly in tightly controlled formations. The main contribution of the paper is to introduce a coordination architecture that subsumes leader-following, behavioral, and virtual-structure approaches to the multiagent coordination pro...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on control systems technology 2001-11, Vol.9 (6), p.777-790
Main Authors: Beard, R.W., Lawton, J., Hadaegh, F.Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Control systems
Deep space
Instruments
Interferometers
Laboratories
Military aircraft
Mobile robots
Multiagent systems
Orbital robotics
Propulsion
Robot kinematics
Space technology
Space vehicles
Spacecraft
Topology
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Summary:This paper addresses the problem of coordinating multiple spacecraft to fly in tightly controlled formations. The main contribution of the paper is to introduce a coordination architecture that subsumes leader-following, behavioral, and virtual-structure approaches to the multiagent coordination problem. The architecture is illustrated through a detailed application of the ideas to the problem of synthesizing a multiple spacecraft interferometer in deep space.
ISSN:1063-6536
1558-0865
DOI:10.1109/87.960341