Formation Control Problems for Decentralized Spacecraft Systems

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Douglass, Eric J.
Holzinger, Marcus J.
McMahon, Jay W.
Jaunzemis, Andris
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Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established in 1931, with a name change in 1962 to the School of Aerospace Engineering
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This paper investigates controlling spacecraft formations, as opposed to individual spacecraft information, with the intent to determine whether Leader- Follower formations are error- or fuel-optimal. An formation optimal control problem is developed wherein formation slots and spacecraft barycenter weights are the formation control variables. Restricted formation control problems are presented which investigate the effect of controlling the individual spacecraft barycenter weights based on minimum Lyapunov formation error and also based on minimum fuel costs. It is shown that a Democratic formation works well with no a-priori knowledge of the formation state or orbit elements. Further, detailed simulation results suggest that Democratic formations tend to have lower overall fuel usage than strict Leader-Follower formations. Conclusions and future work are discussed.
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2013-08
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