Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft

Konstantinos Platanitis; Leonard Felicetti; Saurabh Upadhyay; Leonardo Capicchiano

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Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft

Konstantinos Platanitis	PhD Candidate, Cranfield University, SATM, MK43 0AL, Cranfield, United Kingdom.
Leonard Felicetti	Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University, SATM, MK43 0AL, Cranfield, United Kingdom.
Saurabh Upadhyay	Lecturer, Cranfield University, SATM, MK43 0AL, Cranfield, United Kingdom.
Leonardo Capicchiano	Lead AOCS Engineer, Coactum SA, Bex, Switzerland.

Abstract:
This work demonstrates the feasibility of usage of a sliding mode controller in the case of orbital payload deployers. The proposed control law suggested herein allows for disturbance rejection during the payload deployment phase, as well as provide a basis for angular rate tracking purposes. The stability of the control law is determined by Lyapunov theory, and realistic spacecraft simulations have been created to verify the robustness in the presence of disturbances as well as the general tracking capabilities.

Keywords: Sliding mode control; Attitude control; Oribtal payload deployer

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Konstantinos Platanitis, Leonard Felicetti, Saurabh Upadhyay, Leonardo Capicchiano: Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft. Proceedings of the 2024 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Bristol, UK. June 2024. CEAS-GNC-2024-009.

BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2024-009,

    author = {Platanitis, Konstantinos and Felicetti, Leonard and Upadhyay, Saurabh and Capicchiano, Leonardo},

    title = {Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft},

    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},

    address = {Bristol, UK},

    month = jun,

    year = {2024},

    note = {CEAS-GNC-2024-009}

}