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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
For model predictive control for a spacecraft formation, a method calculates a virtual point that represents a plurality of spacecraft orbiting in a spacecraft formation. The method calculates an outer polytope boundary and an inner polytope boundary relative to the virtual point for a given spacecraft of the plurality of spacecraft. The method maneuvers the given spacecraft to within the inner polytope boundary using model predictive control (MPC) to minimize fuel consumption.