In this paper we present time-delayed feedback control for the purpose of autonomously driving trajectories of nonlinear systems onto periodic orbits. As the generation of periodic orbits is a major component of many problems in astrodynamics, we propose this method as a useful tool in such applications. To motivate the use of this method we apply it to a number of well-known problems in the astrodynamics literature. First, time-delayed feedback control is applied to control the chaotic attitude motion of an asymmetric satellite in an elliptical orbit. Second, we apply timedelayed feedback control to the problem of maintaining a spacecraft in a periodic orbit about a body with large ellipticity (such as an asteroid). Third, we apply time-delayed feedback control to eliminate the drift between two satellites in low Earth orbits to ensure that their relative motion is bounded.

Time-delayed feedback control in astrodynamics

BIGGS, JAMES DOUGLAS;
2009-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we present time-delayed feedback control for the purpose of autonomously driving trajectories of nonlinear systems onto periodic orbits. As the generation of periodic orbits is a major component of many problems in astrodynamics, we propose this method as a useful tool in such applications. To motivate the use of this method we apply it to a number of well-known problems in the astrodynamics literature. First, time-delayed feedback control is applied to control the chaotic attitude motion of an asymmetric satellite in an elliptical orbit. Second, we apply timedelayed feedback control to the problem of maintaining a spacecraft in a periodic orbit about a body with large ellipticity (such as an asteroid). Third, we apply time-delayed feedback control to eliminate the drift between two satellites in low Earth orbits to ensure that their relative motion is bounded.
2009
Space and Planetary Science; Aerospace Engineering; Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Applied Mathematics
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