Orbital mechanics and formation flying
Subtitle: a digital control perspective
By: Pedro A. Capó-Lugo and Peter M. Bainum
Contributors: Bainum, Peter M.
Series: Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering; Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780857090546
Subjects: Control systems; Artificial satellites; Digital control systems; Orbital mechanics
Description: Aimed at students, faculty and professionals in the aerospace field, this book provides practical information on the development, analysis, and control of a single and/or multiple spacecraft in space. This book is divided into two major sections: single and multiple satellite motion. The first section analyses the orbital mechanics, orbital perturbations, and attitude dynamics of a single satellite around the Earth. Using the knowledge of a single satellite motion, the translation of a group of satellites called formation flying or constellation is explained. Formation flying has been one of the main research topics over the last few years and this book explains different control approaches to control the satellite attitude motion and/or to maintain the constellation together. The control schemes are explained in the discrete domain such that it can be easily implemented on the computer onboard the satellite. The key objective of the book is to show the reader the practical and the implementation process in the discrete domain--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-388) and index.