Event-Triggered Fixed-Time Control for Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Spacecraft Formation with Actuator Saturation
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 5
Abstract
This paper addresses the fixed-time, six-degrees-of-freedom control problem for the distributed spacecraft formation system subject to actuator saturation, considering limited communication resources. Since only a fraction of the follower spacecraft can contact the virtual leader, a distributed fixed-time observer is designed to reconstruct the leader’s information. Subsequently, a distributed fixed-time, six-degrees-of-freedom controller is established, compensating the actuator’s magnitude and the rate saturation problem with an auxiliary system. In particular, this paper proposes a novel event-triggered mechanism in the framework of the “adding a power integrator” technique, avoiding the unnecessary occupancy of communication resources significantly. Finally, numerical simulations demonstrate the advantages of the theoretical results.
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Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61304108), and National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFC2200600).
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Volume 36 • Issue 5 • September 2023
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Received: Jun 22, 2022
Accepted: Mar 23, 2023
Published online: May 22, 2023
Published in print: Sep 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Oct 22, 2023
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