ORBITAL TRANSFER METHOD OF A SPACECRAFT USING A CONTINUOUS OR QUASI-CONTINUOUS THRUST AND ON-BOARD PILOTING SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD

An orbit transfer method for a spacecraft using a continuous or quasi-continuous thrust propulsion, the method comprises: the acquisition, at least once in each half-revolution of the spacecraft, of measurements of its position and of its velocity; the computation of a thrust control function as a f...

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1. Verfasser:	AMALRIC, Joël
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES AVIATION CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An orbit transfer method for a spacecraft using a continuous or quasi-continuous thrust propulsion, the method comprises: the acquisition, at least once in each half-revolution of the spacecraft, of measurements of its position and of its velocity; the computation of a thrust control function as a function of the measurements; and the driving of the thrust in accordance with the control law; wherein the control law is obtained from a Control-Lyapunov function using orbital parameters, preferably equinoctial, of the spacecraft, averaged over at least one half-revolution. An embedded driving system for a spacecraft for implementing such a method and a spacecraft equipped with the driving system are provided.