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Differential Equations and Control Processes
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Algorithms for Aerodynamic Control of Relative Motion Two Satellites in a Near Circular Orbit

Author(s):

Boris Rostislavich Andrievsky

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Laboratory for Control
of Complex Systems, Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering, RAS (IPME RAS),
Principal Researcher,
Department of Applied Cybernetics, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics,
St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University),
Leading Researcher of the Baltic State Technical University "VOENMEKH" D.F. Ustinova"

boris.andrievsky@gmail.com

Nikolay Vladimirovich Kuznetsov

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Department
of Applied Cybernetics, St. Petersburg State University,
Head of the Laboratory of Information and Control Systems of the Institute
for Problems of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPMash RAS)

nkuznetsov239@mail.ru

Alexander Mikhailovich Popov

Ph.D. Associate Professor of the Department of Control Systems and Computer
Technologies of the Baltic State Technical University "VOENMEKH" n.a. D.F. Ustinov

9993868@mail.ru

Abstract:

In the recent years, there has been a growing interest in using aerodynamics drag force to eliminate relative drift between satellites moving in a group. This article is devoted to the development and study of some algorithms for decentalize stabilizing the relative position of two satellites moving in a near-circular Earth orbit. A brief review of approaches and results on methods of controlling a satellite group by changing the aerodynamic drag force is given. Control algorithms based on the modal (pole placement) approach, the passification-based and variable-structure control methods, linear and time-optimal partial stabilization are developed and studied. The robustness of control systems with respect to plant model parameters is examined. The possibility of the appearance of sustained oscillations as a consequence of the control action (the aerodynamic drag) boundedness is demonstrated.

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