Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 2533-2545.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2023.08.28

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Control and strategy for satellites formation maintenance with impulsive maneuver

Xingchuan LIU, Danhe CHEN, Gen XU, Wenhe LIAO   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • Received:2022-04-26 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-08-03
  • Contact: Danhe CHEN

Abstract:

In view of the satellites formation maintenance issue on low near-earth orbit, the impulsive control solution and maintenance control strategy are studied, while the simulation environment is built for further verification. According to the state transition equation of relative orbital elements(ROEs), the drift rates of each element of ROEs caused by J2 perturbation are derived. Solutions of impulse control and two different maintenance strategies are proposed to solve the problem of formation configuration destruction caused by perturbation. Based on the long-term maintenance requirement of satellites space formation, a task simulation environment is established for satellites formation mission including high-precision orbit propagation algorithm. The feasibility of the proposed impulsive solutions and maintenance strategies are verified, which are analyzed and discussed in term of impulsive consumption and control error. The simulation result shows that the proposed impulsive control solution and maintenance strategy have high effectiveness and reliability, which could be applied to future space formation flight missions.

Key words: satellites formation, J2 perturbation, impulsive control, maintenance strategy, mission simulation

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