A Matching Pursuit Algorithm Approach to Chaser-Target Formation Flying Problems

作者：Massioni Paolo^*; Ankersen Finn; Verhaegen Michel

来源：IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2012, 20(2): 513-519.

DOI：10.1109/TCST.2011.2130526

• Formation flying
• linear time-varying systems
• matching pursuit (MP) algorithm
• model predictive control (MPC)

In this brief we present a new approach to fine relative position control in satellite formation flying. We focus on a situation involving two spacecraft, one of which (the %26quot;chaser%26quot;) is actively controlling its position with respect to the other (the %26quot;target%26quot;). The goal of the approach is to use the minimum number of thruster firings in order to keep the chaser following its reference position within a certain tolerance. We first present a method based on the matching pursuit (MP) algorithm, which proves to provide a solution to this problem in the open-loop case. Moreover, we show that a closed-loop version of the controller can be obtained as well by turning the method into a model predictive control (MPC) strategy, thanks to the fact that the computational cost of the method is small. An example of application is shown at the end for a mission scenario inspired by the PROBA3 mission, which is currently under development.

• 出版日期2012-3