In this paper, a receding-horizon control, using systematic projection on a Chebyshev’s polynomial basis, is proposed for the stabilization of a rigid spacecraft operating with only two actuators. The proposed scheme privileges the speed of the algorithm. Simulations on SPOT4 spacecraft with a robustness test are provided.

Issue Section:
Technical Briefs
Keywords:
space vehicles, stability, optimal control, Chebyshev approximation
Topics:
Actuators, Space vehicles, Polynomials, Algorithms, Stability, Approximation
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