A spacecraft including a spacecraft bus and a set of thrusters for changing a pose of the spacecraft. Wherein at least two thrusters are mounted on a gimbaled boom assembly connecting the two thrusters with the spacecraft bus, such that the two thrusters are coupled thrusters sharing the same gimbal angle. A model predictive controller to produce a solution for controlling thrusters of the spacecraft by optimizing a cost function over multiple receding horizons. The cost function is composed of a cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons, including a cost accumulated over a first horizon using a dynamics governing a north-south position of the spacecraft, and a cost accumulated over a second horizon using a model of dynamics of the spacecraft governing an east-west position. A thruster controller to operate the thrusters according to their corresponding signals.


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    Title :

    Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft


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    Publication date :

    2019-09-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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