Advances in Spacecraft Attitude Control

Timothy Sands

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781789848021
• eBook ISBN: 9781839685163
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Aerodynamics

Spacecraft attitude maneuvers comply with Euler's moment equations, a set of three nonlinear, coupled differential equations. Nonlinearities complicate the mathematical treatment of the seemingly simple action of rotating, and these complications lead to a robust lineage of research. This book is meant for basic scientifically inclined readers, and commences with a chapter on the basics of spaceflight and leverages this remediation to reveal very advanced topics to new spaceflight enthusiasts. The topics learned from reading this text will prepare students and faculties to investigate interesting spaceflight problems in an era where cube satellites have made such investigations attainable by even small universities. It is the fondest hope of the editor and authors that readers enjoy this book.

Table of contents

• Advances in Spacecraft Attitude Control
• Contents
• Preface
• Section 1 - Overviews
• Chapter 1 - Introduction to Satellite Attitude Control
• Chapter 2 - Kinematics: On Direction Cosine Matrices
• Chapter 3 - Quaternion-Based Spacecraft Dynamic Modeling and Reorientation Control Using the Dynamically Equivalent Manipulator Approach
• Section 2 - Control Techniques
• Chapter 4 - An Overview of Evolutionary Algorithms toward Spacecraft Attitude Control
• Chapter 5 - Spacecraft Guidance Sensing at Relativistic Velocities
• Chapter 6 - Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Attitude Motion of Gravity-Gradient Stabilized Spacecraft via Lyapunov-Floquet Transformation and Normal Forms
• Chapter 7 - Optimal Trajectory Synthesis and Tracking Control for Spacecraft Large Attitude Manoeuvers
• Chapter 8 - Parameter Optimization for Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization Using Magnetorquers
• Chapter 9 - Precise Attitude Control Techniques: Performance Analysis From Classical to Variable Structure Control
• Section 3 - Control Moment Gyroscope Actuators
• Chapter 10 - Investigation of Singularities in a 3/4 CMG Configuration with Mixed Skew Angles
• Chapter 11 - Control Moment Gyroscope Skew Angle Variation and Singularity Penetration
• Chapter 12 - Single Axis Singularity Mapping for Mixed Skew Angle, Non-Redundant, Single Gimbaled CMG Systems
• Chapter 13 - Momentum Space Analysis for Mixed Skew Angle Arrays
• Chapter 14 - Mixed Skew Angle Singularity Plotting for Non-Redundant Single Gimbal CMG Array