Combined station keeping of inclination and longitude for geostationary satellite with electric propulsion system

Lincheng Li*, Jingrui Zhang, Shuge Zhao

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Station keeping is a prerequisite for the on-orbit service of geostationary satellites. It can restrain the drift caused by high-orbit perturbations effectively and increase the on-orbit stability. Using electric propulsion to achieve stationkeeping has the advantage of reduction in the fuel consumption. This paper is to develop a station keeping strategy to solve the combined control for inclination and longitude. High-precision equation of motion described by mean orbital elements is proposed in the first part. Then the fuel-optimal control is applied to indicate the relation among switching time of four thrusters. Thus, the equation between variation of orbital elements and speed increment can be analytically solved. Finally, numerical results are presented to evaluate this technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDynamics and Control of Space Systems
EditorsJeng-Shing Chern, Ya-Zhong Luo, Xiao-Qian Chen, Lei Chen
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages413-426
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9780877036531
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event4th IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DYCOSS 2018 - Changsha, China
Duration: 21 May 201823 May 2018

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume165
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Conference

Conference4th IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DYCOSS 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period21/05/1823/05/18

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