Stabilization of Spacecraft Flight in Halo Orbits: An Hinfty Approach

The problem of stabilizing the motion of a spacecraft in an unstable orbit around the interior Sun-Earth libration point ( L_1 ) is addressed in this paper. Modern control techniques, which extend the traditional cal H_infty framework to periodic discrete linear time-varying systems, are employed in...

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Published inIEEE transactions on control systems technology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 572 - 578
Main Authors Kulkarni, J.E., Campbell, M.E., Dullerud, G.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2006
Subjects
Control systems
Earth
halo orbits
Nonlinear control systems
Observatories
Optimal control
Orbits
periodic linear time-varying systems
Propulsion
Space vehicles
Sun
Time varying systems
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Summary:The problem of stabilizing the motion of a spacecraft in an unstable orbit around the interior Sun-Earth libration point ( L_1 ) is addressed in this paper. Modern control techniques, which extend the traditional cal H_infty framework to periodic discrete linear time-varying systems, are employed in the solution of the problem. Nonlinear simulation results are presented and it is shown that the control effort required can be provided by next-generation electric propulsion systems.
ISSN:1063-6536
1558-0865
DOI:10.1109/TCST.2006.872517