GKYP-Based Finite Frequency Control for Relative Motion of Drag-Free Satellite
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 4
Abstract
Drag-free control technology plays a key role in space science tasks such as microgravity science, space basic physics verification, Earth observation, and spacecraft high-precision navigation. At present, a drag-free controller is designed in the time domain aimed at the full frequency band by many scholars, which cannot meet some of the high-precision task requirements under specific frequency constraints. Therefore, some scholars use robust control and quantitative feedback control to design a controller in the frequency domain indirectly, but the design process is complicated. Moreover, the satellite tracking test mass strategy is generally used, and it limits the control capability of a drag-free satellite with double test masses. For these problems, a design method of a finite frequency domain controller based on Generalized Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov (GKYP) lemma combined with frequency separation control strategy is presented in this paper, which covers the dynamic model, design of the finite frequency controller, proof of stability, and performance analysis. Finally, the numerical simulation analysis is carried out. The simulation results show that the controllers are effective.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported partially by the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research (Grant No. 2019B030302001). The authors would like to thank the reviewers and editors for their comments and constructive suggestions, which are great help to the improvement of the paper.
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Received: Mar 1, 2022
Accepted: Mar 15, 2023
Published online: May 12, 2023
Published in print: Jul 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Oct 12, 2023
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