Bounded Finite-Time Coordinated Attitude Control via Output Feedback for Spacecraft Formation
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 5
Abstract
In this paper, finite-time output feedback coordinated attitude control for spacecraft formation subject to input saturation is investigated. More specifically, a finite-time observer is first designed to remove the requirement of measureable angular velocity. Rigorous proof shows the observer can achieve finite-time stability within given attractive region, which implies that the estimated values can be taken into use instead of the real angular velocity after a certain convergence time. Then, a bounded finite-time control law for the spacecraft formation is designed to render the attitude of each spacecraft to converge to reference attitude provided by the virtual leader in finite time. Finally, numerical simulation results show that the proposed schemes can guarantee the spacecraft formation achieve coordinated attitude consensus and tracking, with high accuracy and fast convergence.
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Acknowledgments
The research reported in this paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61004072, 61273175), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-11-0801), Heilongjiang Province Science Foundation for Youths (QC2012C024), Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20132302110028), and National Key Basic Research Program of China (2013CB035605). The writers would also like to thank the editors and reviewers for their very constructive comments and suggestions, which have helped greatly improve the quality and presentation of the paper.
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Volume 28 • Issue 5 • September 2015
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Received: Aug 26, 2013
Accepted: Sep 9, 2014
Published online: Oct 16, 2014
Discussion open until: Mar 16, 2015
Published in print: Sep 1, 2015
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