Electronics and Control

Station-keeping control of spacecraft using hybrid low-thrust propulsion in heliocentric displaced orbits

  • ZHANG Kaitian ,
  • LOU Zhangpeng ,
  • WANG Yong ,
  • CHEN Shaoqing
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  • Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

Received date: 2015-01-06

  Revised date: 2015-05-25

  Online published: 2015-06-01

Abstract

In this paper, station-keeping of heliocentric displaced orbits using a hybrid of solar sail and solar electric propulsion is investigated. In order to avoid the problem of low control precision and excessive dependence on model accuracy, which occurs when controllers are designed according to locally linearized models, a station-keeping control method based on active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) technique is proposed. Firstly, the dynamic model of a spacecraft using hybrid low-thrust propulsion in the heliocentric displaced orbit is derived based on the circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP). Secondly, considering unmodelled dynamic and external disturbance, a station-keeping control method based on disturbance estimation and compensation is then presented. Finally, numerical simulations show that in the presence of system uncertainties, initial injection errors, and perturbations of the eccentric nature of the Earth's orbit, high station-keeping control precision can be achieved with relative small velocity increment.

Cite this article

ZHANG Kaitian , LOU Zhangpeng , WANG Yong , CHEN Shaoqing . Station-keeping control of spacecraft using hybrid low-thrust propulsion in heliocentric displaced orbits[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2015 , 36(12) : 3910 -3918 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2015.0138

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