01575nas a2200157   4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260002900182520101900211653001301230100001901243700001101262700001601273700002001289856010801309       2006                        eng d00aAdaptive output feedback control of spacecraft relative translation0 aAdaptive output feedback control of spacecraft relative translat  aSan Diego, USAcDecember3 a<p>We address the problem of tracking relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation using feedback from relative position only and under parameter uncertainty (spacecraft mass) and uncertainty in the leader variables (true anomaly rate and rate of change). We only assume boundedness of orbital perturbations and the leader control force but with unknown bounds. Under these conditions we propose a controller that renders the closed-loop system, uniformly semiglobally practically asymptotically stable. In particular, the domain of attraction can be made arbitrarily large by picking convenient gains, and the state errors in the closed-loop system are proved to converge from any initial condition within the domain of attraction to a ball in close vicinity of the origin in a stable way; moreover, this ball can be diminished arbitrarily by increasing the gains in the control law. Simulation results of a leader-follower spacecraft formation using the proposed controller are presented.</p>
10aRobotics1 aKristiansen, R1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aNicklasson, P J  uhttp://95.110.227.47/publications/adaptive-output-feedback-control-spacecraft-relative-translation.html02183nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009400041210006900135260003700204300001400241520155400255653001301809100001901822700001101841700001601852700002001868856012501888       2006                        eng d00aOutput feedback control of relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation0 aOutput feedback control of relative translation in a leaderfollo  aTromsoe, NorwaybSpringer Verlag  a131–1513 a<p>We present a solution to the problem of tracking relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation using feedback from relative position only. Three controller configurations are presented which enables the follower spacecraft to track a desired reference trajectory relative to the leader. The controller design is performed for different levels of knowledge about the leader spacecraft and its orbit. The first controller assumes perfect knowledge of the leader and its orbital parameters, and renders the equilibrium points of the closed-loop system uniformly globally asymptotically stable (UGAS). The second controller uses the framework of the first to render the closed-loop system uniformly globally practically asymptotically stable (UGPAS), with knowledge of bounds on some orbital parameters, only. That is, the state errors in the closed-loop system are proved to converge from any initial conditions to a ball in close vicinity of the origin in a stable way, and this ball can be diminished arbitrarily by increasing the gains in the control law. The third controller, based on the design of the second, utilizes adaptation to estimate the bounds that were previously assumed to be known. The resulting closed-loop system is proved to be uniformly semiglobally practically asymptotically stable (USPAS). The last two controllers assume boundedness only of orbital perturbations and the leader control force. Simulation results of a leader-follower spacecraft formation using the proposed controllers are presented.</p>
10aRobotics1 aKristiansen, R1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aNicklasson, P J  uhttp://95.110.227.47/publications/output-feedback-control-relative-translation-leader-follower-spacecraft-formation.html