Research on Space Operation Control of Air Float Satellite Simulator Based on Constraints Aware Particle Filtering-Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- This paper presents the design of a ground-based air float satellite simulation device, which is intended to emulate the movement of satellites in space. The device was constructed with meticulous attention to detail, with specific parameters delineating the hardware and software layers.
- Furthermore, this paper introduces a novel sampling-based model predictive control method, which has been developed for the purpose of the ground simulation of rendezvous and docking. Docking is a real-time, optimal, and constraint-handling capability that is capable of handling multiple constraints.
- The CAPF-NMPC method is validated by an air float satellite simulator in a real environment, which proves its high control accuracy and low consumption of computational resources.
2. The Air Float Satellite Simulator
2.1. Overall Structure Design
2.2. GNC Software Architecture Design
2.3. Dynamical Model
3. Controller Design
3.1. Optimal Control Modeling
3.1.1. Objective Function
3.1.2. Attitude Alignment Constraint
3.1.3. Velocity Constraint
3.1.4. Field of View Constraint
3.1.5. Thrust Saturation Constraint
3.2. Optimization Controller by CAPF-NMPC
3.3. Thrust Distribution Method
4. Simulation Verification
5. Experimental Verification
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter Type | Name | Value | Unit |
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Structure parameter | Quality | 11.2 | kg |
Moment of inertia | 0.1106 | kg·m2 | |
Dimension of envelope | 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.5 | m | |
Thruster parameters | Magnitude of thrust | 0.1 | N |
Thruster moment arm | 0.1 | m | |
Battery parameter | Nominal voltage | 24 | V |
Battery capacity | 7.5 | Ah |
Parameters | Value | Unit |
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Time step | 0.5 | s |
Prediction horizon | 8 | dimensionless |
Number of particles | 100 | dimensionless |
Attitude pointing constraint | [−5, 5] | degree |
Speed limits | [−0.05, 0.05] | m/s |
Field of view angle | 30 | degree |
Thrust upper and lower limits | [0, 0.015] | m/s2 |
Docking interface of the simulator | [−0.3, 0] | m |
Disturbance torque | 10 |
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Xu, L.; Chen, D.; Wang, C.; Liao, W. Research on Space Operation Control of Air Float Satellite Simulator Based on Constraints Aware Particle Filtering-Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Electronics 2024, 13, 3571. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13173571
Xu L, Chen D, Wang C, Liao W. Research on Space Operation Control of Air Float Satellite Simulator Based on Constraints Aware Particle Filtering-Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Electronics. 2024; 13(17):3571. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13173571
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Lingfeng, Danhe Chen, Chuangge Wang, and Wenhe Liao. 2024. "Research on Space Operation Control of Air Float Satellite Simulator Based on Constraints Aware Particle Filtering-Nonlinear Model Predictive Control" Electronics 13, no. 17: 3571. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13173571