Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations

<p>The objective of this thesis is to analyze an effective control scheme for a formation of spacecraft, implement that control, and provide a 3-D simulation. The thesis first summarizes the progress made in formation flight control schemes and then provides a theoretical framework for the control system design. Using established control design techniques, feedback laws are constructed to control both rotational and translational motion of a group of spacecraft. Computer simulations are carried out using Matlab to generate the ephemeris and attitude data, which are exported to Satellite Tool Kit (STK) to create animations. The process by which Matlab is used to produce the data and how the data are used to produce a 3-D animation in STK is explained. Finally, various formation scenarios are modeled using this same process.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Space Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physical Sciences

Year

2005

Author dc:creator

• Dyer, Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mahmut Reyhanoglu
• Bereket Berhane
• Tony Hagar

• control system
• simulation
• spacecraft
• formations
• Aerospace Engineering
• Space Vehicles

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/50

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1066