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Design of a Model Predictive Controller for formation flight on quasi-Halo orbits
Francesco Paolo Salzo Ph.D. Candidate, Università di Pisa, Department of Information Engineering, 56122, Pisa, Italy.
Giordana Bucchioni Assistant Professor, Università di Pisa, Department of Information Engineering, 56122, Pisa, Italy.
Rafael Vazquez Professor, Universidad de Sevilla, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Abstract:
This paper presents a Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach for satellite formation flying around Halo orbits, exploiting the dynamics of the quasi-halo orbits in the context of the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem (CR3BP), utilizing a relative dynamics model based on the Local Vertical Local Horizontal (LVLH) coordinate frame. The dynamics of quasi-halo orbits are analyzed, proposing an MPC solution, optimized for real-time satellite autonomy and dynamic space environments. The MPC controller demonstrated its effectiveness in trajectory recovery tasks, with its performance sensitivity to cost function weights revealing crucial trade-offs between maneuver time and fuel consumption.
Keywords: CR3BP; Quasi-Halo; NRHO; MPC; Formation flight
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Francesco Paolo Salzo, Giordana Bucchioni, Rafael Vazquez: Design of a Model Predictive Controller for formation flight on quasi-Halo orbits. Proceedings of the 2024 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Bristol, UK. June 2024. CEAS-GNC-2024-019.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2024-019,
    author = {Salzo, Francesco Paolo and Bucchioni, Giordana and Vazquez, Rafael},
    title = {Design of a Model Predictive Controller for formation flight on quasi-Halo orbits},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Bristol, UK},
    month = jun,
    year = {2024},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2024-019}
}