The J 2 effect is the dominating perturbation for satellite formation flying missions. In this paper, a linearized satellite relative motion model considering J 2 perturbation and eccentricity was derived first. Then, a real-time fuel-optimal continuous low-thrust control approach was proposed for satellite formation control in eccentric orbits on the basis of the developed linear J 2 dynamic model. This optimal control problem was converted into a mathematical programming problem by the application of the Legendre pseudospectral method, which makes real-time optimal control feasible. Finally, comprehensive simulation results validated the proposed linearized J 2 model and formation control approach.


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    Title :

    Relative Dynamics and Control for Satellite Formation: Accommodating J2 Perturbation


    Contributors:
    Wu, Baolin (author) / Xu, Guangyan (author) / Cao, Xibin (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2016-01-21




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown





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