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Integrated Adaptive Control for Spacecraft Attitude and Orbit Tracking Using Disturbance Observer

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This paper addresses the control issue of the integrated attitude and orbit tracking of spacecraft in the presence of inertia parameter uncertainty and spatial disturbance. By considering thruster as the control actuator, the 6-degree-of-freedom integrated model consisting of attitude and orbit dynamics is formulated. Based on the backstepping design, an adaptive control strategy is developed by exploiting a projected disturbance observer that compensates for the dynamics uncertainty and an adaptive algorithm that counteracts the observer error. Moreover, an optimal control allocation solution is employed to get the control command of each thruster. Stability analysis proves that the overall closed-loop system is ultimately bounded. To validate the proposed control, the hardware-in-the-loop experiment examples are conducted on the ground testbed facility. Simulation and experiment results show that the spacecraft/simulator can achieve the trajectory tracking and attitude synchronization simultaneously.

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This work was supported in part by KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) and Yonsei research collaboration program for the frontiers of astronomy and space science, and in part by the Space Basic Technology Development Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Republic of Korea (2018MIA3A3A02065610).

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    Kewei Xia, Youngho Eun, Taeyang Lee & Sang-Young Park

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Xia, K., Eun, Y., Lee, T. et al. Integrated Adaptive Control for Spacecraft Attitude and Orbit Tracking Using Disturbance Observer. Int. J. Aeronaut. Space Sci. 22, 936–947 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42405-021-00359-x

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