An approach for the design of a momentum unloading system for a spacecraft controlled by momentum exchange actuators is proposed. The approach is based on formulating momentum unloading as a control problem of a parametrically perturbed periodic system. An equivalent discrete-time robust control design problem is formulated using a point-mapping-based numerical algorithm. Established robust control analysis can then be used to develop and analyse the robustness of the unloading control law. The method is demonstrated on an Earth-pointing satellite with magnetic torquers serving as unloading actuators. Earth's magnetic field is modelled as a tilted dipole that consists of a periodic term and bounded perturbations. A discrete-time representation of the system is used to develop an unloading control law and the structured singular value theory is employed to analyse its robustness to parametric uncertainties.


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    Titel :

    Design of Spacecraft Momentum Unloading Using Discrete-Time Formulation


    Beteiligte:
    Kalender, S (Autor:in) / Flashner, H (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-03-01


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch