DocumentCode
1544283
Title
A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control
Author
Beard, Randal W. ; Lawton, Jonathan ; Hadaegh, Fred Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Volume
9
Issue
6
fYear
2001
fDate
11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
777
Lastpage
790
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of coordinating multiple spacecraft to fly in tightly controlled formations. The main contribution of the paper is to introduce a coordination architecture that subsumes leader-following, behavioral, and virtual-structure approaches to the multiagent coordination problem. The architecture is illustrated through a detailed application of the ideas to the problem of synthesizing a multiple spacecraft interferometer in deep space
Keywords
aerospace control; interferometers; space vehicles; coordinated control; deep space; formation flying; leader-following; multiagent coordination; multiple spacecraft coordination; multiple spacecraft interferometer; spacecraft formation control; Instruments; Laboratories; Military aircraft; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Propulsion; Robot kinematics; Space technology; Space vehicles; Topology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1063-6536
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/87.960341
Filename
960341
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