Aerodynamic Control System for a Deployable Re-entry Capsule

Fedele, Alberto; Carannante, Salvatore; Grassi, Michele; Savino, Raffaele

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.05.049

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“…The DFC method directly controls the vehicle angle-of-attack and hence the lift and drag forces so the spacecraft can target the appropriate force at various stages of aerocapture. Mechanisms that allow for DFC include aerodynamic flaps [22] and center-of-mass movement, which has been demonstrated in Earth-based applications [23].…”

Section: Capability 2 Guidance and Control Schemes Have Been Developed That Enable Aerocapture Under Robust Conditions With Existing Entrmentioning

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Aerocapture as an Enhancing Option for Ice Giants Missions

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Section: Capability 2 Guidance and Control Schemes Have Been Developed That Enable Aerocapture Under Robust Conditions With Existing Entrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aerocapture as an Enhancing Option for Ice Giants Missions

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et al. 2021

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“…There are already 13 manned spaceflight missions in 2021, and this number will continue to increase in 2022. The rapid search and rescue of the reentry capsules is very important the manned spacecraft missions [1,2]. China's manned spaceflight project is in the stage of orbital construction of a space station.…”

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Autonomous Tracking of ShenZhou Reentry Capsules Based on Heterogeneous UAV Swarms

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Han

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The safe landing and rapid recovery of the reentry capsules are very important to manned spacecraft missions. A variety of uncertain factors, such as flight control accuracy and wind speed, lead to a low orbit prediction accuracy and a large landing range of reentry capsules. It is necessary to realize the autonomous tracking and continuous video observation of the reentry capsule during the low-altitude phase. Aiming at the Shenzhou return capsule landing mission, the paper proposes a new approach for the autonomous tracking of Shenzhou reentry capsules based on video detection and heterogeneous UAV swarms. A multi-scale video target detection algorithm based on deep learning is developed to recognize the reentry capsules and obtain positioning data. A self-organizing control method based on virtual potential field is proposed to realize the cooperative flight of UAV swarms. A hardware-in-the-loop simulation system is established to verify the method. The results show that the reentry capsule can be detected in four different states, and the detection accuracy rate of the capsule with parachute is 99.5%. The UAV swarm effectively achieved autonomous tracking for the Shenzhou reentry capsule based on the position obtained by video detection. This is of great significance in the real-time searching of reentry capsules and the guaranteeing of astronauts’ safety.

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“…In [14], a variable shape device has been used to control the attitude for an earth observation satellite mission; while in [15], an on-line parameter estimation procedure has been used to improve the performance in the presence of environmental and spacecraft uncertainties. In [16], several independent surfaces have been used to control the attitude of a spacecraft also during the re-entry phase, using a direct force control method in substitution of the classic bank angle modulation control.…”

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Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques

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In this paper, relative orbit and attitude adaptive controllers are integrated to perform roto-translational maneuvers for CubeSats equipped with a Drag Maneuvering Device (DMD). The DMD enables the host CubeSat with modulation of aerodynamic forces/torques and gravity gradient torque. Adaptive controllers for independent orbital and attitude maneuvers are revisited to account for traslational-attitude coupling while compensating for uncertainty in parameters such as atmospheric density, drag/lift coefficients, location of the Center of Mass (CoM) and inertia matrix. Uniformly ultimately bounded convergence of the attitude error and relative orbit states is guaranteed by Lyapunov-based stability analysis for the integrated roto-translational maneuver. A simulation example of an along-track formation maneuver between two CubeSats with simultaneous attitude control using only environmental forces and torques is presented to validate the controller.

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Aerodynamic Control System for a Deployable Re-entry Capsule

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

Aerocapture as an Enhancing Option for Ice Giants Missions

Aerocapture as an Enhancing Option for Ice Giants Missions

Autonomous Tracking of ShenZhou Reentry Capsules Based on Heterogeneous UAV Swarms

Roto-Translational Control of Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit Using Environmental Forces and Torques

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