Spacecraft formation stabilization and fault tolerance: a state-varying switched system approach

Hao Yang (1) , Bin Jiang (1) , Vincent Cocquempot (2) , Mou Chen (1)

1 CAE-NUAA - College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2 STF - Systèmes Tolérants aux Fautes

The focus of this paper is the spacecraft formation flying problem where the formation switches successively among multiple shapes, the number and the composition of spacecraft in the group may change among these shapes, and some spacecraft may be faulty. The whole flying process is modeled as a state-varying switched system. The formation stability and fault tolerability are analyzed by using new results on state-varying switched systems.

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Hao Yang, Bin Jiang, Vincent Cocquempot, Mou Chen. Spacecraft formation stabilization and fault tolerance: a state-varying switched system approach. Systems and Control Letters, 2013, 62 (9), pp.715-722. ⟨hal-00837519⟩