4 papers
Optimization-Based Formation Flight on Libration Point Orbits
Yuri Shimane, Purnanand Elango, Avishai Weiss
A model predictive control (MPC) framework is developed for station-keeping in spacecraft formation flight along libration point orbits. At each control period, the MPC policy solv…
Multi-Vehicle Guidance for Formation Flight on Libration Point Orbits
Yuri Shimane, Purnanand Elango, Avishai Weiss
The multiple spacecraft guidance problem for proximity flight in libration point orbit is considered. A nonlinear optimal control problem with continuous-time path constraints enfo…
Revolution-Spaced Output-Feedback Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits
Yuri Shimane, Stefano Di Cairano, Koki Ho +1
We develop a model predictive control (MPC) policy for station keeping on a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). The proposed policy achieves full-state tracking of a reference NRHO…
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…