This paper proposes a continuous low-thrust guidance and control strategy for constrained
satellite formation-flying in perturbed orbits of arbitrary eccentricity. The controller feeds back …

This paper extends recent work on the control of a formation of spacecraft orbiting about an
eccentric reference orbit. The approach uses the equations for periodic relative motion that …

TO GUIDE a low-thrust spacecraft to a target orbit, the most commonly used strategy is to
frequently uplink control commands to correct orbital deviations. However, this guidance …

ATMOSPHERIC forces on spacecraft have long been recognized as an avenue for coupling
between attitude and orbital dynamics [1]. Owing to its dependence on atmospheric density …

Regarding multiple spacecraft formation flying, the observation has been made that control
thrust need only be applied coplanar to the local horizon to achieve complete controllability …

FORMATION flying on elliptic orbits is drawing increasingly more attention from the
astronautics society. Several missions have already been launched or are in progress, such …

Formation initialization control is of paramount importance for building a drift-free relative
orbit, and is a challenging problem due to the coupled translational and rotational dynamics …

This paper investigates the problem of controlling both translational and rotational motions
for small-satellite formation using only aerodynamic forces. A new arrangement for actuators …

Formation flying of multiple spacecraft is an enabling technology for many future space
science missions including enhanced stellar optical interferometers and virtual platforms for …

CONTROL of relative spacecraft motion, known as formationkeeping, is an enabling
technology for spacecraft formation-flying missions. Modeling relative-motion dynamics, an …