Navigation and Guidance Algorithms for In-Orbit servicing Rendezvous Mission
Davide Celestini
Navigation and Guidance Algorithms for In-Orbit servicing Rendezvous Mission.
Rel. Elisa Capello, Massimiliano Saponara. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2021
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Abstract
The purpose of the thesis is to evaluate and validate Navigation and Guidance algorithms to perform autonomous In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) Space missions, a wide range of challenging new solutions for satellite operators. These missions address a large variety of useful applications based on Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPOs) technique, such as refuelling, life-extension, inspection, in-orbit assembly and active space debris removal. Particularly, the focus of this work is on position control and path planning during rendezvous and berthing operations, in which a Chaser satellite actively follows another satellite, the Target, and then joints with it using a robotic arm. In order to perform such manoeuvres, these algorithms must be robust and "flyable", which means that they should be able to effectively operate even with a system slightly different from the one expected and should have a low computational cost.
The Navigation algorithms considered are based on the Sliding-Mode Observer (SMO) technique: the ability of observer-based algorithms to reconstruct the system dynamics despite receiving just the measurable states as input and the robustness of the Sliding-Mode technique have been the driving motors for this choice
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