DocumentCode :
3213914
Title :
Application of Phase-plane Method in the Co-plane Formation Maintenance of Formation Flying Satellites
Author :
Hao Jigang ; Zhang Yulin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Aerosp. & Material Eng., NUDT, Changsha, China
fYear :
2006
fDate :
7-11 Aug. 2006
Firstpage :
1900
Lastpage :
1904
Abstract :
Co-plane formation is used usually in formation flying missions. The damage of its configuration is mainly caused by atmosphere drag. Evolution of co-plane formation perturbated by atmosphere was firstly studied. With the assumption that the change rate of the difference between semimajor axes is constant, an analysis was performed using phase-plane method in which two kinds of phase trajectories were presented. Then the achievement of control was discussed, following with an example. The result of simulation indicates that for a co-plane formation, the semimajor axis of which is 1000m, the drift distance can be controlled within -20~40 m, with a period of 1.22 day. Because there is no consumption of fuel in the control process, it is of great significance for the research of distributed satellite system.
Keywords :
aerospace control; artificial satellites; position control; satellite communication; 1000 m; atmosphere drag; coplane formation maintenance; distributed satellite system; formation flying satellites; phase trajectories; phase-plane method; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace materials; Atmosphere; Drag; Geometry; Orbits; Performance analysis; Satellites; Space missions; Space technology; Atmosphere Drag; Co-plane Formation; Formation Flying; Phase-plane Method;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference, 2006. CCC 2006. Chinese
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
7-81077-802-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CHICC.2006.280882
Filename :
4060430
Link To Document :
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