Nonlinear spacecraft attitude control

11/13 November 2024

Spacecraft attitude equations are usually given by nonlinear equations. However, spacecraft attitude control laws are often designed using a linear approximation of those equations about an operating condition. Thus, the effectiveness of the control laws can be guaranteed only for attitude angles and angular velocities close to the operating condition. There are occasions when the spacecraft motion involves attitude angles and angular velocities that are far from the operating condition. For those motions, the full nonlinear attitude equations must be used for evaluating the effectiveness of the control laws. This course presents the design of attitude control laws for two typical spacecraft operations along with basic tools that are useful to validate the design with nonlinear attitude equations.

Learning objectives: Learning control laws for spacecraft detumbling and spacecraft attitude regulation. Learning mathematical tools for validating attitude control laws using nonlinear attitude equations.

Target audience: doctoral and master students, non-academic professionals.

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