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Time-Varying Model Predictive Attitude Control for Magnetically Actuated Dual-Spin Satellites
Robert D. Halverson, Ryan J. Caverly
Attitude control hardware for small satellites is often limited in power and space availability given the importance of the science instruments they exist to transport. To mitigate…
physics.space-ph2025
Solar Sail Momentum Management With Mass Translation and Reflectivity Devices Using Predictive Control
Ping-Yen Shen, Ryan J. Caverly
Solar sails enable propellant-free space missions by utilizing solar radiation pressure as thrust. However, disturbance torques act on the solar sail and effective attitude control…
physics.space-ph2024
Autonomous Station Keeping of Satellites in Areostationary Mars Orbit: A Predictive Control Approach
Robert D. Halverson, Avishai Weiss, Gabriel Lundin +1
The continued exploration of Mars will require a greater number of in-space assets to aid interplanetary communications. Future missions to the surface of Mars may be augmented wit…