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2026 , Vol. 47 >Issue 14: 332775 - 332775

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.32775

Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Control

Specified-time adaptive attitude tracking control for spacecraft with guaranteed prescribed performance

  • Shuzong XIE ,
  • Qinmin YANG ,
  • Qiang CHEN ,
  • Beiping HOU
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  • 1.School of Automation and Electrical Engineering，Zhejiang University of Science and Technology，Hangzhou 310023，China
    2.College of Control Science and Engineering，Zhejiang University，Hangzhou 310027，China
    3.College of Information Engineering，Zhejiang University of Technology，Hangzhou 310023，China
E-mail： sdnjchq@zjut.edu.cn

Received date: 2025-09-11

  Revised date: 2025-09-30

  Accepted date: 2025-11-03

  Online published: 2025-11-07

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(62203384);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(LMS25F030014);Open Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology(ICT2025B16);Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang(2025QN012)

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Abstract

To address the spacecraft attitude tracking control problem under external disturbances and inertial uncertainties， a specified-time adaptive guaranteed-performance control scheme is proposed. First， the attitude kinematics， dynamics， and tracking error models are established based on the modified Rodrigues parameters. By transforming the constrained tracking problem into an unconstrained one via monotonic preset performance and error transformation functions， a quantitative mapping is established among user-tunable performance indices （steady-state accuracy， convergence time， and overshoot）. Furthermore， an exponential-polynomial combined time-varying gain function is designed to ensure a smooth transition of the system state from the transient to the steady-state phase， thereby avoiding non-smooth behaviors caused by control law switching. On this basis， an adaptive fuzzy guaranteed performance controller is developed to ensure that the attitude tracking error converges to a neighborhood of the origin within the prescribed time and strictly satisfies the preset performance constraints. Based on Lyapunov stability theory， it is proven that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded， and the effectiveness and engineering applicability of the proposed strategy are verified through numerical simulations.

Key words： spacecraft; attitude tracking; specified-time control; guaranteed prescribed performance; adaptive control

Cite this article

Shuzong XIE , Qinmin YANG , Qiang CHEN , Beiping HOU . Specified-time adaptive attitude tracking control for spacecraft with guaranteed prescribed performance[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2026 , 47(14) : 332775 -332775 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.32775

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