Electromagnetic docking could enable autonomous spacecraft docking with no need for propellant consumption and without plume contamination. This paper addresses the robust electromagnetic docking problem for spacecraft in the presence of external disturbances, fault signals, unknown mass, elliptical eccentricity, measurement errors and input constraints. In this scenario, an intermediate observer is developed to estimate the relative motion information and the lumped disturbance resulting from these uncertainties. Based on this, an anti-disturbance controller is proposed, where the compensation of the lumped disturbance is considered. It is proved via Lyapunov analysis that the intermediate observer-based controller can achieve the objective of spacecraft electromagnetic docking with input constraints and in the presence of uncertainties. Finally, the observer-based controller is illustrated, in simulation, to demonstrate the effectiveness and improved performance compared with a disturbance observer-based controller.


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    Title :

    Observer-based control for spacecraft electromagnetic docking


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    Publication date :

    2020-01-01



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629




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