A minimal actuator design is proposed for orbit-attitude control of a spacecraft. The actuator design includes a single thruster, fixed in the body frame, and a Variable Speed Control Moment Gyro (VSCMG) used for thrust-vectoring. It is known that the full-attitude cannot be controlled using a single VSCMG, but that a single axis is controllable. This paper develops a nonlinear control that is able to vector the thruster at discrete intervals or continuously. The closed-loop stability of the system is proved using Lyapunov stability theory for each control law. These control laws could enable high-manoeuvrability of CubeSats, utlizing either a single chemical (impulsive) or electric thruster (continuous). The controls are demonstrated, in simulation, with an application to a 12U CubeSat rendezvous utilizing a single throttable electric thruster.
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