Optimal Station Keeping for XIPS Thrusters in Failure Mode under Eclipse Constraints
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 6
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to minimize fuel consumption needed for geostationary Earth orbit station keeping by Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS) thrusters in failure mode under eclipse constraints. Two diagonal XIPS thruster pairs, each pair consisting of one north thruster and one south thruster, are mounted on the antinadir face of the satellite. In failure mode, only one diagonal thruster pair fires. The original failure-mode station-keeping strategy without consideration of the eclipse constraints fires the remaining diagonal thrusters a second time with equal duration in the vicinity of or 180° right ascensions (RA), in addition to a first time in the vicinity of and 270°RA, which also results in the problem of excessive fuel consumption. The eclipse constraints are considered in this paper and the feasible firing location for station keeping during eclipse time is established. A optimal failure-mode station-keeping strategy under eclipse constraints is presented with the firing locations and durations of one diagonal thruster pair as design variables. The optimal station-keeping model is built and applied for maintaining a geostationary satellite within a predefined space box. Precise orbital simulation results show that the proposed optimal failure-mode station-keeping strategy can both save fuel and satisfy eclipse constraints.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 11172036 and 11572037).
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 29 • Issue 6 • November 2016
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Received: Dec 17, 2015
Accepted: Mar 14, 2016
Published online: Jun 3, 2016
Published in print: Nov 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Nov 3, 2016
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