›› 2009, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 18-23.

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A Velocity-free Attitude Controller of Flexible Spacecraft

CAI Jian1,2, WANG Fang1,2 , ZHANG Honghua1,2   

  1. 1. Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Beijing 100190,China;
    2. National Laboratory of Space Intelligent Control, Beijing 100190,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-04-25 Published:2009-04-25

Abstract: A method for designing attitude stabilization controllers is proposed in this paper for flexible spacecraft without angular velocity measurements. In order to solve the attitude control problem when the angular velocity is not available due to gyro failure or gyroless configuration, a velocity-free attitude regulation controller is proposed in this paper based on quaternion with the global asymptotic stability of the closed loop system proved by combining the Lyapunov direct method with the LaSalle’s theorem. An improved controller is also designed in this paper. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Key words: flexible spacecraft, attitude control, velocity-free controller, Lyapunov approach

CLC Number: 

  • v448.2