Chance-constrained Model Predictive Control for Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit spacecraft rendezvous

This work presents a robust Model Predictive Controller (MPC) to solve the problem of spacecraft rendezvous in the context of the restricted three-body problem (R3BP) as will be required to dock with space stations in cislunar space. The employed methodology is both valid for chemical and electric t...

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Autores: Sánchez Merino, Julio César, Gavilán Jiménez, Francisco, Vázquez Valenzuela, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/167243
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/167243
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2020.105827
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Spacecraft rendezvous
Three body problem
Model predictive control
Robust control
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Sumario:This work presents a robust Model Predictive Controller (MPC) to solve the problem of spacecraft rendezvous in the context of the restricted three-body problem (R3BP) as will be required to dock with space stations in cislunar space. The employed methodology is both valid for chemical and electric thrusters. By exploiting the state transition matrix and using a chance-constrained approach, the robust MPC assures constraints satisfaction under the presence of disturbances in a probabilistic sense. The perturbations parameters are computed on-line using a disturbance estimator. The robust controller is tested for a rendezvous scenario with a target placed in an Earth-Moon Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit. Numerical results are shown and discussed.