Cascade-based controlled attitude synchro- nization and tracking of spacecraft in leader-follower formation

Rune Schlanbusch (1) , Antonio Loria (2) , P. J. Nicklasson (1)

1 Narvik University College
2 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes

We propose controllers for leader-follower attitude synchronization of spacecraft formations in the presence of disturbances, that is, the leader spacecraft is controlled to follow a given reference, while a follower spacecraft is controlled to synchronize its motion with the leader's. In the ideal disturbance-free scenario, we show that synchronization takes place asymptotically. Moreover, we show the property of uniform practical asymptotic stability which implies that the synchronization is robust to bounded disturbances.

Domaines: Automatique

Rune Schlanbusch, Antonio Loria, P. J. Nicklasson. Cascade-based controlled attitude synchro- nization and tracking of spacecraft in leader-follower formation. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2011, pp.Article ID 151262. ⟨10.1155/2011/151262⟩. ⟨hal-00687449⟩