Fumenti, Federico and Seelbinder, David and Theil, Stephan (2019) Application of Mean-Motion-Based Artificial Potentials for a Cluster Flight Mission Scenario. CEAS EuroGNC 2019, 03-05 April 2019, Milan, Italy.
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Abstract
Cluster flight is one of the key technologies that are required to enable the deployment of distributed space systems. Through the concept of cluster flight, a large monolithic structure can be replaced with multiple smaller spacecraft, permitting to overcome physical limitations and improve mission performance. To ensure a safe relative motion between several objects that fly in proximity, the guidance and control algorithm must be designed in order to be scalable, autonomous, and responsive. A technique to meet these requirements by employing the method of the artificial potentials is presented in this paper. For a cluster of spacecraft that are distributed in the along-track direction in a leader-follower manner, the relative distances can be altered by focusing and adjusting the mean motion of the spacecraft. An artificial-potential-based approach can be used to evaluate corrections of the semi-major axes by only reacting on the current configuration, with no need to perform trajectory predictions.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/127132/ | ||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||
Title: | Application of Mean-Motion-Based Artificial Potentials for a Cluster Flight Mission Scenario | ||||||||||||
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Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | No | ||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Keywords: | artificial potentials, cluster flight | ||||||||||||
Event Title: | CEAS EuroGNC 2019 | ||||||||||||
Event Location: | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||
Event Dates: | 03-05 April 2019 | ||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | other | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | R - no assignment | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - no assignment | ||||||||||||
Location: | Bremen | ||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Space Systems > Navigation and Control Systems | ||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Fumenti, Federico | ||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 24 Apr 2019 09:26 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2019 09:26 |
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