Passive safety-constrained impulsive maneuvers for formation reconfiguration: An analytic solution

IF 5 1区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

Aerospace Science and Technology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI:10.1016/j.ast.2024.109901

Jihe Wang, Chenglong Xu, Chengxi Zhang, Jinxiu Zhang

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Abstract

This paper investigates the spacecraft formation reconfiguration with general passive safety constraints. The general signifies that this constraint is universally applicable to relative orbits with nonzero relative semi-major axes, facilitating a more flexible relative motion than traditional constraints permit. Using relative eccentricity/inclination (E/I) vector theory, optimal reconfigurations are classified into same-region type and cross-region type. For each type, we conduct a geometrically intuitive analysis to re-evaluate the existing optimal solution, showing that it cannot guarantee passively safe. Considering the general passive safety constraint, we provide innovative analytic solutions for each type of reconfiguration, based on the sufficient conditions for satisfaction of constraint, theoretically guaranteeing the passive safety. Simulations of same-region and cross-region reconfigurations show that the existing optimal solution violates the passive safety constraint. In contrast, the proposed solutions ensure passive safety throughout the reconfiguration process. Comparative results also show that the produced reconfiguration schemes are fuel-optimal.

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Aerospace Science and Technology 工程技术-工程：宇航

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10.30

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28.60%

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654

审稿时长

54 days

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