Model Predictive control of spacecraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9874879
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15420606

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A method controls an operation of a spacecraft according to a model of the spacecraft. The method determines control inputs for controlling concurrently thrusters of the spacecraft and momentum exchange devices of the spacecraft using an optimization of a cost function over a receding horizon subject to constraints on a pose of the spacecraft and constraints on inputs to the thrusters. The cost function includes components for controlling the pose of the spacecraft and a momentum stored by the momentum exchange devices. The method generates a command to control concurrently the thrusters and the momentum exchange devices according to at least a portion of the control inputs.

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  • MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Di, Cairano Stefano Somerville, US 113 1064
Kalabic, Uros Jamaica Plain, US 26 101
Weiss, Avishai Cambridge, US 27 340

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