IEEE Access, 2022 This paper addresses the distributed predefined-time attitude consensus problem for multiple uncertain spacecraft systems in the presence of model uncertainties and external disturbances.
Zeng Wang, Liangmou Hu, Jun Ma
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Matching times of leading and following suggest cooperation through direct reciprocity during V-formation flight in ibis [PDF]
, 2015 One conspicuous feature of several larger bird species is their annual migration in V-shaped or echelon formation. When birds are flying in these formations, energy savings can be achieved by using the aerodynamic up-wash produced by the preceding bird ...
Alan M. Wilson +11 more
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Influence of Satellite Motion Control System Parameters on Performance of Space Debris Capturing
Aerospace, 2020 Relative motion control problem for capturing the tumbling space debris object is considered. Onboard thrusters and reaction wheels are used as actuators. The nonlinear coupled relative translational and rotational equations of motion are derived.
Mahdi Akhloumadi, Danil Ivanov
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Filtering performance analyizing for Relative Navigation using Single Difference Carrier-Phase GPS [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2008 Satellite formation flying can provide the platform for interferometric observation to acquire the precise data and ensure the flexibility for space mission.
In-Kwan Park +4 more
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Bio-inspired vision-based leader-follower formation flying in the presence of delays [PDF]
, 2016 Flocking starlings at dusk are known for the mesmerizing and intricate shapes they generate, as well as how fluid these shapes change. They seem to do this effortlessly.
Oyekan, John
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Satellite Formation Flying for Space Advertising: From Technically Feasible to Economically Viable
Aerospace, 2022 The paper presents a feasibility study of satellite formation-flying missions for space advertising. To estimate a space advertising mission viability, the global population coverage model is designed and the demonstration schedule with a focus on larger
Shamil Biktimirov +2 more
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Pattern transition in spacecraft formation flying using bifurcating potential field [PDF]
, 2012 Many new and exciting space mission concepts have developed around spacecraft formation flying, allowing for autonomous distributed systems that can be robust, scalable and flexible.
Bennet, Derek James, McInnes, Colin
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Automatika, 2021 We address several problems of coordination and consensus on $ SO(3) $ and $ S^3 $ that can be formulated as minimization problems on these Lie groups.
Aladin Crnkić +3 more
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Six-axis decentralized control design for spacecraft formation flying mission [PDF]
, 2006 This contribution addresses the control design for the three-spacecraft formation flying interferometry mission Pegase. The operational mode considered is the high-precision nulling phase.
Alazard, Daniel +3 more
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Cooperative monocular-based SLAM for multi-UAV systems in GPS-denied environments [PDF]
, 2018 This work presents a cooperative monocular-based SLAM approach for multi-UAV systems that can operate in GPS-denied environments. The main contribution of the work is to show that, using visual information obtained from monocular cameras mounted onboard ...
Grau Saldes, Antoni +3 more
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