Spacecraft Attitude Control with Nonconvex Constraints: An Explicit Reference Governor Approach
Systems and Control
2025-10-20 v1 Systems and Control
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel attitude controller for spacecraft subject to actuator saturation and multiple exclusion cone constraints. The proposed solution relies on a two-layer approach where the first layer prestabilizes the system dynamics whereas the second layer enforces constraint satisfaction by suitably manipulating the reference of the prestabilized system. In particular, constraint satisfaction is guaranteed by taking advantage of set invariance properties, whereas asymptotic convergence is achieved by implementing a non-conservative navigation field which is devoid of undesired stagnation points. Multiple numerical examples illustrate the good behavior of the proposed scheme.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.00387,
title = {Spacecraft Attitude Control with Nonconvex Constraints: An Explicit Reference Governor Approach},
author = {Marco Nicotra and Dominic Liao-McPherson and Laurent Burlion and Ilya Kolmanovsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.00387},
year = {2025}
}