The stability analysis of a discrete-time control algorithm for the Canadian advanced nanospace experiment-4&5 formation flying nanosatellites

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-452

  Eyer, J K ^a   Damaren, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian advanced nanospace eXperiment 4 5; Discrete Floquet theory; Formation flying satellites; Linear time varying system; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR ORBIT; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE FLOQUET THEORY; DISCRETE-TIME CONTROL; FLOQUET THEORY; FORMATION FLYING; FORMATION FLYING SATELLITES; LINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEM; LINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS; NANO-SATELLITES; NANO-SPACE; NANOSATELLITE; NON-LINEAR; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY LIMIT;

ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 69249151620     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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