Abstract
This paper considers attitude control of a rigid body (e.g., a small satellite) with internal rotating-mass actuators that, unlike reaction wheels, cannot perform continuous rotations. Instead, the rotational stroke of each actuator is limited to α radians. In addition, each actuator has first-order low-pass dynamics. We present and analyze an attitude-feedback control method, where the control signals (i.e., the angular position commands sent to the actuators) are piecewise constant. The main analytic result shows that this attitude-feedback control method achieves setpoint tracking for a constant attitude command. This control method is demonstrated in numerical simulations of a small satellite in deep space.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2022 American Control Conference, ACC 2022 |
| Pages | 1127-1132 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781665451963 |
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| State | Published - 2022 |
| Event | 2022 American Control Conference, ACC 2022 - Atlanta, United States Duration: Jun 8 2022 → Jun 10 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the American Control Conference |
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| Volume | 2022-June |
| ISSN (Print) | 0743-1619 |
Conference
| Conference | 2022 American Control Conference, ACC 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Atlanta |
| Period | 6/8/22 → 6/10/22 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC17M0040).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Automatic Control Council.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering