Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft

In future space missions, cooperative attitude control is required for essential tasks with multiple spacecraft, such as satellite constellations. In recent years, spacecraft have increased in size and weight, necessitating infinite-dimensional systems. This paper discusses a leader-follower attitud...

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Main Authors: Takahiro ENDO, Yuki MORIMOTO
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Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2025-02-01
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description In future space missions, cooperative attitude control is required for essential tasks with multiple spacecraft, such as satellite constellations. In recent years, spacecraft have increased in size and weight, necessitating infinite-dimensional systems. This paper discusses a leader-follower attitude consensus control of a multiagent system with multiple flexible spacecraft. Each flexible spacecraft consists of two flexible structures and a rigid hub, and its dynamic behavior is given by a hybrid PDE-ODE model. For this controlled system, to achieve attitude consensus control and suppress the elastic vibration of the system simultaneously, we propose a distributed boundary controller and show that the controller exponentially stabilizes a closed-loop system. We also investigate the closed-loop system’s stability in the context of varying communication topologies and in the presence of disturbances. Finally, we carried out numerical simulations to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.
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spelling doaj-art-1e37a56c4f074dc8af1c28710cdff6572025-08-20T03:16:10ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersMechanical Engineering Journal2187-97452025-02-0112324-0041424-0041410.1299/mej.24-00414mejLeader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraftTakahiro ENDO0Yuki MORIMOTO1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagaoka University of TechnologySpace Technology Directorate I, Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyIn future space missions, cooperative attitude control is required for essential tasks with multiple spacecraft, such as satellite constellations. In recent years, spacecraft have increased in size and weight, necessitating infinite-dimensional systems. This paper discusses a leader-follower attitude consensus control of a multiagent system with multiple flexible spacecraft. Each flexible spacecraft consists of two flexible structures and a rigid hub, and its dynamic behavior is given by a hybrid PDE-ODE model. For this controlled system, to achieve attitude consensus control and suppress the elastic vibration of the system simultaneously, we propose a distributed boundary controller and show that the controller exponentially stabilizes a closed-loop system. We also investigate the closed-loop system’s stability in the context of varying communication topologies and in the presence of disturbances. Finally, we carried out numerical simulations to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/12/3/12_24-00414/_pdf/-char/enattitude consensus controlexponential stabilityflexible spacecrafthybrid pde-ode modelmultiagent systemvibration control
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Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
Mechanical Engineering Journal
attitude consensus control
exponential stability
flexible spacecraft
hybrid pde-ode model
multiagent system
vibration control
title Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
title_full Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
title_fullStr Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
title_full_unstemmed Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
title_short Leader-follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary-controlled flexible spacecraft
title_sort leader follower attitude consensus for a network of boundary controlled flexible spacecraft
topic attitude consensus control
exponential stability
flexible spacecraft
hybrid pde-ode model
multiagent system
vibration control
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/12/3/12_24-00414/_pdf/-char/en
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