• DocumentCode
    815574
  • Title

    Optimal angular velocity control with finite terminal time for an asymmetric spacecraft

  • Author

    Coupe, G.M.

  • Author_Institution
    SHAPE Technical Centre, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    10/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    582
  • Lastpage
    583
  • Abstract
    A method is presented to obtain optimal feedback control laws to reduce the angular momentum of a tumbling asymmetric spacecraft to rest within a finite interval of time. This correspondence only treats the case with unconstrained but finite continuous control functions.
  • Keywords
    Angular velocity control; Nonlinear systems, continuous-time; Optimal control; Space-vehicle control; Angular velocity; Angular velocity control; Equations; Feedback control; H infinity control; Optimal control; Shape; Space vehicles; Torque control; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1974.1100654
  • Filename
    1100654