Study of highly perturbed spacecraft formation dynamics via approximation |
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Authors: | Ethan R Burnett Hanspeter Schaub |
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Institution: | Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 3775 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper explores methods for approximating and analyzing the dynamics of highly perturbed spacecraft formations with an emphasis on computationally efficient approaches. This facilitates on-board computation or rapid preliminary mission design analysis. Perturbed formation dynamics are often approximated as linear time-varying (LTV) systems, for which Floquet theory can be used to analyze the degree of system instability. Furthermore, the angular momentum of the relative orbital state can be computed with the approximate dynamics to provide additional insight. A general methodology is developed first and then applied to the problem of unstable formation dynamics in asteroid orbits. Here the dominant perturbative effects due to low-order gravitational harmonics and solar radiation pressure are modeled. Numerical simulations validate the approach and illustrate the approximation accuracy achieved. |
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Keywords: | Formation flying Astrodynamics Asteroids Perturbations Dynamics Linear systems |
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