Print Email Facebook Twitter Parameter Uncertainty Analysis in Precise Pointing Control of Flexible Spacecraft Title Parameter Uncertainty Analysis in Precise Pointing Control of Flexible Spacecraft Author Bezsilla, János (Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Student TU Delft) Takarics, Bela (Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Vanek, Bálint (Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Guo, J. (TU Delft Space Systems Egineering) Date 2022 Abstract This article focuses on the validation of a classical PID controller scheme for flexible spacecraft with regards to the effect of parameter uncertainty on system stability and pointing precision. A high-fidelity simulation environment with external disturbances was built in Simulink using a control-oriented model of an Earth-observing satellite with a flexible appendage and on-board microvibration sources in orbit around the planet. Then, a PID control loop was designed with sensor dynamics, time delay behaviour, and a smooth trajectory generator. After declaring the natural frequencies, damping ratio, and rotation angle of the appendage, as well as the propellant tank mass to be uncertain, two worst-case scenarios were identified. Comparing the response of worst-case systems with nominal settings, only a minor drop has been found in the phase margins, with little to no difference in the pointing errors (smaller than ±2 arcsec for both roll and pitch). Subject attitude trackingflexible spacecraftnonlinear dynamicsparameter uncertaintyPID controlprecise pointing control To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bbab333b-ddef-483b-80ce-bc7d8143a01d DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.102 ISSN 1474-6670 Source IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55 (20), 241-246 Event 10th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, MATHMOD 2022, 2022-07-27 → 2022-07-29, Vienna, Austria Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 János Bezsilla, Bela Takarics, Bálint Vanek, J. Guo Files PDF 1_s2.0_S2405896322012939_main.pdf 732.64 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bbab333b-ddef-483b-80ce-bc7d8143a01d/datastream/OBJ/view