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A Robust Digital Autopilot for Spacecraft Equipped with Pulse-Operated ThrustersThe analysis and design of attitude control systems for spacecraft employing pulse-operated (on-off) thrusters is usually accomplished through a combination of modeling approximations and empirical techniques. In this paper a new thruster pulse-modulation scheme for pointing and tracking applications is developed from nonlinear control theory.
Document ID
20060036338
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Thurman, S. W.
Flashner, H.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1996
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
attitude control spacecraft thrusters control theory autopilot dynamic modeling

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