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Robust, Resilient, and Energy-Efficient Satellite Formation Control

In: Intelligent Control and Smart Energy Management

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  • Sean Phillips

    (Air Force Research Laboratory)

  • Christopher Petersen

    (Air Force Research Laboratory)

  • Rafael Fierro

    (University of New Mexico)

Abstract

Due to the low-cost entry to space in recent years, the risk for on-board distributed collaborative autonomous formation control development has dramatically decreased. It is now feasible to have a distributed network of satellites autonomously coordinating their actions, which shifts the burden of space missions from a single monolithic operational structure into a distributed network of satellites. In this chapter, we consider the case of multiple satellites converging to a planar circular formation around a target satellite. The satellites are able to communicate over a connected graph which contains potentially noisy and disturbed links, demonstrating concepts of robustness and resilience. We illustrate these results in the case of a ten-satellite formation reaching an energy and fuel-efficient orbit about a desired target point and prove that such methods are robust.

Suggested Citation

  • Sean Phillips & Christopher Petersen & Rafael Fierro, 2022. "Robust, Resilient, and Energy-Efficient Satellite Formation Control," Springer Optimization and Its Applications, in: Maude Josée Blondin & João Pedro Fernandes Trovão & Hicham Chaoui & Panos M. Pardalos (ed.), Intelligent Control and Smart Energy Management, pages 223-251, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spochp:978-3-030-84474-5_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84474-5_8
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