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