A computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvous

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dc.contributor.authorLarsén, Alexander Korsfeldt
dc.contributor.authorChen, Yutao
dc.contributor.authorBruschetta, Mattia
dc.contributor.authorCarli, Ruggero
dc.contributor.authorCenedese, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorVaragnolo, Damiano
dc.contributor.authorFelicetti, Leonard
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-09T11:48:36Z
dc.date.available2019-12-09T11:48:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-25
dc.description.abstractWe propose a non-linear model predictive scheme for planning fuel efficient maneuvers of small spacecrafts that shall rendezvous space debris. The paper addresses the specific issues of potential limited on-board computational capabilities and low-thrust actuators in the chasing spacecraft, and solves them by using a novel MatLab-based toolbox for real-time non-linear model predictive control (MPC) called MATMPC. This tool computes the MPC rendezvous maneuvering solution in a numerically efficient way, and this allows to greatly extend the prediction horizon length. This implies that the overall MPC scheme can compute solutions that account for the long time-scales that usually characterize the low-thrust rendezvous maneuvers. The so-developed controller is then tested in a realistic scenario that includes all the near- Earth environmental disturbances. We thus show, through numerical simulations, that this MPC method can successfully be used to perform a fuel-efficient rendezvous maneuver with an uncontrolled object, plus evaluate performance indexes such as mission duration, fuel consumption, and robustness against sensor and process noises.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLarsen AK, Chen Y, Bruschetta M, et al., (2019) A computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvous. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 52, Issue 12, December 2019, pp.103-110en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2405-8963
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.077
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14809
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectNon Linear Model Predictive Controlen_UK
dc.subjectNon-cooperative Rendezvousen_UK
dc.subjectSpace Debris Removalen_UK
dc.subjectLow-Thrust Manoeuvers,en_UK
dc.subjectConstrained Optimization Problemen_UK
dc.subjectReal-time Controlen_UK
dc.titleA computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvousen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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