In order to develop robust autonomy in spacecraft, it is desirable to develop methods for controlling a spacecraft in various configurations with any combination of thrusters of various types and both for static RCS thrusters and gimbaling thrusters. In the case of a stuck thruster imposing unplanned and undesired motion both translational and rotational or in the case of a malfunctioning thruster, it is desirable for that spacecraft to have the ability to identify and overcome that problem without human intervention. To that end, a spacecraft must be able to rapidly and autonomously reconfigure thruster firing histories and update guidance protocols. In this paper, a method for a spacecraft to autonomously select thrusters of any configuration is presented. The residual motion imposed by off-nominal or not-fully-controllable thruster configurations is identified by the spacecraft and solved for, both for static reaction control systems and gimbaling engines.
Autonomous Constrained Control for Arbitrary Configurations of Gimbaling Thrusters in SE(3)
2023
8 pages
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