Cooperative attitude synchronization in satellite swarms: A consensus approach

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 17, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages 223-228

  Sarlette, Alain ^a   Sepulchre, Rodolphe ^a   Leonard, Naomi Ehrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude control; Autonomous swarms; Consensus algorithms; Formation flight; Satellite swarms; Swarm control; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; AUTOMATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

ARBITRARY COMMUNICATION; ATTITUDE SYNCHRONIZATIONS; AUTONOMOUS SWARMS; CONSENSUS ALGORITHMS; CONTROL TORQUE; FORMATION FLIGHT; INTERSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SATELLITE SWARM;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 79960981186     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20070625-5-fr-2916.00039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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