Singularity-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyroscopes

This paper discusses spacecraft control using variable-speed CMGs. A new operational concept for VSCMGs is proposed. This new concept makes it possible to approximate the complex nonlinear system by a linear time-varying system (LTV). As a result, an effective control system design method, Model Pre...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2016-12
Main Author: Yang, Yaguang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Control moment gyroscopes
Control systems
Control systems design
Gyroscopes
Nonlinear systems
Pole placement
Predictive control
Robust control
Spacecraft attitude control
Spacecraft control
Speed control
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Summary:This paper discusses spacecraft control using variable-speed CMGs. A new operational concept for VSCMGs is proposed. This new concept makes it possible to approximate the complex nonlinear system by a linear time-varying system (LTV). As a result, an effective control system design method, Model Predictive Control (MPC) using robust pole assignment, can be used to design the spacecraft control system using VSCMGs. A nice feature of this design is that the control system does not have any singular point. A design example is provided. The simulation result shows the effectiveness of the proposed method.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1612.06784