The course focuses on the dynamics modeling, navigation and control of satellites flying in formations.

Summary of topics:

 

Introduction

Organization of the Course

Examples of formations

Past and future missions

 

 

Formation Dynamics

Fundamentals of astrodynamics, relative Motion

Relative Motion, circular reference orbit: special trajectories

Relative Motion, elliptic reference orbit, perturbed dynamics

Nonlinear relative motion and periodicity;

Differential orbital elements

Relative Attitude dynamics: fundamentals

 

Formation Control

Impulsive strategies

LQR - concepts and proof

LQR - example of application

Lyapunov; Simulink models.

Discrete LQR, PWM

Linear Programming

Model Predictive Control

Actuators

 

Formation Navigation

Linear Kalman Filter, concept, proof

Linear Kalman filter, application to the formation

Extended Kalman filter

Visual navigation

Collision avoidance strategies

 

Side topics

Swarms of satellites

Testbeds