Relative dynamics and control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft flying around an oblate Earth exploiting solar radiation pressure

Giorgio Mingotti; Colin McInnes

Relative dynamics and control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft flying around an oblate Earth exploiting solar radiation pressure

Giorgio Mingotti, Colin McInnes

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Reconfiguration manoeuvers for formation-flying are investigated in this paper, where micro-spacecraft with high area-to-mass ratio and small length-scale are considered. Assuming the exact J2 nonlinear relative dynamics, an optimal control problem is formulated to accomplish the manoeuvers. A continuous control acceleration is applied to the system dynamics via a propellant-free approach, which exploits differential solar radiation pressure by means of electrochromic coating. A new class of space missions is enabled, based on swarms of micro-spacecraft with sensing, computing, bi-directional communicating and micro-power sources.

Original language	English
Pages	article AAS-14-215
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2014
Event	24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 2014 - New Mexico, Santa Fe, United States Duration: 26 Jan 2014 → 30 Jan 2014

Conference

Conference	24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Fe
Period	26/01/14 → 30/01/14

Keywords

dynamics and control
high area-to-mass spacecraft
solar radiation pressure
micro-spacecraft

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Relative dynamics and control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft flying around an oblate Earth exploiting solar radiation pressure

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