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Fuel Minimizing Control for Constrained Relative Satellite Orbits

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Authors
Gao, X.
Teo, Kok Lay
Sun, Y.
Duan, G.
Date
2010
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Conference Paper

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Gao, Xiangyu and Teo, Kok Lay and Sun, Yong and Duan, Guang-Ren. 2010. Fuel Minimizing Control for Constrained Relative Satellite Orbits, in Xu, H. and Yang, X. and Wei, W. (ed), the International Conference on Optimization and Control 2010, July 18 2010, pp. 149-157. Guiyang, China: Guiyang University.
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Optimization and Control 2010, Guiyang, China, July 18-23, 2010
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the International Conference on Optimization and Control 2010, Guiyang, China, July 18-23, 2010
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Abstract

In this paper, we study the fuel minimization problem of hovering satellite subject to a practical constraint on the trajectory of the deputy satellite. It is first shown that the constraint condition can be expressed equivalently as maximum flight time inequalities. On this basis, a cost function relating to the fuel burn is formulated. A numerical procedure is developed to solve this fuel minimization problem.