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Robust adaptive backstepping control for autonomous spacecraft proximity maneuvers

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The control problem of autonomous proximity phase during rendezvous and docking is studied for a chaser spacecraft subject to parametric uncertainty and unknown external disturbance approaching to a tumbling non-cooperative space target. A coupled relative motion model is established for the autonomous spacecraft proximity missions based on the relative motion information and chaser’s motion information. Based on the cascaded structure of the six degrees-of-freedom coupled model, the backstepping technology combined with element-wise and norm-wise adaptive control methods is used to design a relative position controller firstly, then the same method is also applied to the design of the relative attitude controller. Asymptotic stability is proven uniformly for the six degrees-of-freedom closed-loop system, and the performance of the controlled overall system is demonstrated via a representative numerical example.

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Recommended by Associate Editor Nam H. Jo under the direction of Editor Ju Hyun Park. This work was supported by the National Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of China under grant No. 61134005 and the National Key Development Program for Basic Research of China under grant No. 2012CB821204.

Liang Sun received his M.Sc. degree in control science and engineering, from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, People’s Republic of China, in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Seventh Research Division of BUAA. His research interests include nonlinear mechanical system control and spacecraft control.

Wei Huo received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, both in control theory and applications, from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, People’s Republic of China, in 1983 and 1990, respectively. From 1982 he is with the Seventh Research Division of BUAA, where he has been a professor since 1991. His research interests include nonlinear mechanical system control, unmanned aerial vehicle control and spacecraft control.

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Sun, L., Huo, W. Robust adaptive backstepping control for autonomous spacecraft proximity maneuvers. Int. J. Control Autom. Syst. 14, 753–762 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-015-0089-9

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