Spacecraft Formation Flying and Control Capstone Project

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Spacecraft Formation Flying and Control Capstone Project

This course is part of Spacecraft Formation Relative Orbits Specialization

Instructor: Hanspeter Schaub

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4 modules

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2 weeks to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Advanced level

Designed for those already in the industry

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Develop long range approach trajectory for a rendezvous maneuver
Simulated relative motion control solutions in LVLH frame
Implement non-Keplerian relative motion reference trajectories to fly in a body-fixed manner relative to the debris object.

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8 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This is the 3rd and final course of the spacecraft relative motion course sequence. This course presents a capstone design challenge where you get to develop, simulate and study how to approach a tumbling debris object. The servicer starts from far away and carefully does a series of maneuver to get closer and closer in a safe manner. As the debris object is tumbling, the servicer will have to account for relative attitude motion as well. The final approach is in a debris body-fixed manner illustrating a case of controlling non-Keplerian motion.

After this course, you will be able to... * Design safe approach trajectories * Implement relative motion feedback control solutions * Model the relative motion and relative attitude in the LVLH frame * Implement non-Keplerian reference motion Please note: this is an advanced course, best suited for working engineers or students with college-level knowledge in mathematics and physics. The material covered is taking from the book "Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems" available at https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.105210.

Welcome to the capstone project of the course sequence on spacecraft formation flying dynamics and control.

What's included

1 video1 reading

In this module we study how to use a Hohmann transfer to maneuver a servicer spacecraft close to a space debris object. The debris is in a circular orbit with a different radius. Here we study how much fuel such a maneuver will take, the required phasing angle, as well as look at the final maneuver trajectory motion as seen by the chief LVLH frame to determine the smallest miss distance to the debris object.

What's included

1 reading2 assignments

Here we investigate slowly approaching the debris object. We start with a basic drifting orbit and then look at a safety spiral about the debris object.

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3 assignments

Next we are ready to begin our final approach to the debris object. Sadly, the debris object is not holding a steady attitude, but rather it is tumbling. This complicates are final approach as we must control our relative to the debris body-fixed frame to ensure we approach the debris grappling point without colliding in it. What fun!

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Hanspeter Schaub

University of Colorado Boulder

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