Initialization of distributed spacecraft for precision formation flying

Hadaegh, Fred Y.; Scharf, Daniel P.; Ploen, Scott R.

Initialization of distributed spacecraft for precision formation flying

Hadaegh, Fred Y.; Scharf, Daniel P.; Ploen, Scott R.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40935

Date: 2003-06-23

Keywords: formation initialization (FI); Spacecraft formation flying

Publisher: IEEE CNF

Citation: Control Applications, 2003. CCA 2003. Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Conference on Volume 2, Page(s):1463 - 1468 vol.2

Abstract:

In this paper’we present a solution to the formation initialization (FI) problem for N distributed spacecraft located in deep space. Our solution to the FI problem is based on a three-stage sky search procedure that reduces the FI problem for N spacecraft to the simpler problem of initializing a set of sub-formations. We demonstrate our FI algorithm in simulation using NASA’s five spacecraft Terrestrial Planet Finder mission as an example.

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