Six degree-of-freedom body-fixed hovering over unmapped asteroids via LIDAR altimetry and reinforcement meta-learning

B Gaudet, R Linares, R Furfaro - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
We optimize a six degrees of freedom hovering policy using reinforcement meta-learning.
The policy maps flash LIDAR measurements directly to on/off spacecraft body-frame thrust …

Finite-time control for asteroid hovering and landing via terminal sliding-mode guidance

H Yang, X Bai, H Baoyin - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new nonlinear guidance algorithm applicable for asteroid both
hovering and landing. With the new guidance, a spacecraft achieves its target position and …

Control of asteroid-hovering spacecraft with disturbance rejection using position-only measurements

H Gui, AHJ Ruiter - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper addresses the control of spacecraft hovering about uniformly rotating asteroids
using only position measurements. The highly uncertain dynamical environments and the …

Saturated backstepping control of underactuated spacecraft hovering for formation flights

X Huang, Y Yan - IEEE transactions on aerospace and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on the inherent coupling of system states, backstepping controllers are designed for
underactuated spacecraft hovering without either the radial or in-track thrust and in the …

[HTML][HTML] 不规则小行星引力场内的飞行动力学

李俊峰, 曾祥远 - 2017 - html.rhhz.net
小行星探测是当前深空探测的主要方向之一, 具有重要的科学意义. 绝大多数小行星引力场极不
规则, 探测器在小行星附近运动形态复杂多样. 由于同时受到中心引力, 快速自旋的不规则形状摄 …

Quaternion-based adaptive attitude control of asteroid-orbiting spacecraft via immersion and invariance

KW Lee, SN Singh - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
The design of an attitude control system for an asteroid-orbiting satellite via immersion and
invariance is the subject of this paper. It is assumed that the asteroid is rotating with a …

Composite adaptive orbit control and parameter estimation by integral excitation around asteroids

KW Lee, SN Singh - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
SCIENTIFIC exploration of small bodies (asteroids and comets) contributes greatly to
understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system. In the past, several exploratory …

Immersion and invariance based adaptive backstepping control for body-fixed hovering over an asteroid

B Zhang, Y Cai - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An adaptive control law is proposed in this paper for body-fixed hovering over an asteroid
with an unknown gravity field and an unknown rotation rate. The unknown parameters and …

Frozen orbit design and maintenance with an application to small body exploration

X Li, D Qiao, P Li - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Frozen orbits are ideal options for global mapping and observation. In this paper, a design
and maintenance method of frozen orbit is presented and applied to the small body …

Six degree-of-freedom hovering over an asteroid with unknown environmental dynamics via reinforcement learning

B Gaudet, R Linares, R Furfaro - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
We optimize a six degrees of freedom hovering policy using reinforcement meta-learning.
The policy maps flash LIDAR measurements directly to on/off spacecraft body-frame thrust …