Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking: Strategies for Handling Constraints and Case Studies

Weiss, Avishai; Baldwin, Morgan; Erwin, R. Scott; Kolmanovsky, Ilya

doi:10.1109/tcst.2014.2379639

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“…18 As an effective feedback control approach, model predictive control (MPC) has also received significant attention. Variants of the MPC framework [19][20][21][22] have been proposed for the spacecraft rendezvous and docking control problem. For instance, Richards and How 23 proposed an MPC strategy using the solution of an MILP.…”

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Analysis and Experimentation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Multiple Obstacle Avoidance

Park

Zagaris

Virgili-Llop

et al. 2016

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

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In this paper, Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches are applied to multiple obstacle avoidance maneuvers for spacecraft rendezvous and docking. For safe obstacle avoidance, keep-out constraints are introduced by bounding ellipsoids around obstacles. In a linear quadratic MPC (LQ-MPC) framework, the rotating hyperplane method is used to convexify the obstacle avoidance constraints. A new method using two hyperplanes for convexification of the constraints is also proposed to improve performance of the LQ-MPC approach. A nonlinear MPC (NMPC) approach that deals with the nonlinear obstacle constraints directly is also applied to solve the spacecraft proximity maneuvering problems by using the nonlinear programming solver IPOPT (Interior Point OPTimizer). Real-time implementation of the MPC solutions is analyzed and compared on a physical test bed using several test cases. Numerical simulations and experiments demonstrate the obstacle avoidance as well as real-time operation capabilities of the considered control approaches.

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Analysis and Experimentation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Multiple Obstacle Avoidance

Park

Zagaris

Virgili-Llop

et al. 2016

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

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“…Nonetheless, trajectories induced by guidance laws are usually not optimal because of some approximations that are required to develop a closed-form expression. On the other hand, computation of trajectories is often achieved by adopting direct methods (see, e.g., [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]). These techniques consist of discretizing each component of the optimal control problem (the state, the control, etc.)…”

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Optimal Control of Endoatmospheric Launch Vehicle Systems: Geometric and Computational Issues

Bonalli

Hérissé

Trélat

2020

IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr.

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In this paper we develop a geometric analysis and a numerical algorithm, based on indirect methods, to solve optimal guidance of endo-atmospheric launch vehicle systems under mixed control-state constraints. Two main difficulties are addressed. First, we tackle the presence of Euler singularities by introducing a representation of the configuration manifold in appropriate local charts. In these local coordinates, not only the problem is free from Euler singularities but also it can be recast as an optimal control problem with only pure control constraints. The second issue concerns the initialization of the shooting method. We introduce a strategy which combines indirect methods with homotopies, thus providing high accuracy. We illustrate the efficiency of our approach by numerical simulations on missile interception problems under challenging scenarios.

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“…In the proposed approach, the thrust profile is parametrized with a set of Laguerre functions. In [40] a nonlinear model of spacecraft and cone constraints are described, considering a constant attitude variation.…”

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“Flyable” Guidance and Control Algorithms for Orbital Rendezvous Maneuver

Capello

Dabbene

Guglieri

et al. 2018

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration

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: Rendezvous orbital maneuvers are planned operations which intend to make two spacecraft meet, while avoiding collisions. Aspects such as trajectory safety and robustness, as well as obstacle avoidance, are fundamental for the mission success. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of some recent algorithms for guidance and control systems, and also their combined exploitation, which can provide significant enhancements. This overview focuses on those algorithms that are characterized by key selected features: the discussed schemes guarantee low computational effort, low fuel consumption, and high safety and robustness. Different experimental setups, which can be used to evaluate the performance of the considered algorithms, are also taken into account and presented.

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Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking: Strategies for Handling Constraints and Case Studies

Cited by 210 publications

References 24 publications

Analysis and Experimentation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Multiple Obstacle Avoidance

Analysis and Experimentation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Multiple Obstacle Avoidance

Optimal Control of Endoatmospheric Launch Vehicle Systems: Geometric and Computational Issues

“Flyable” Guidance and Control Algorithms for Orbital Rendezvous Maneuver

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