Passive and Periodic Circular-Like Formations at Critical Inclination around an Oblate Earth
Passive and periodic formations minimize the active control of long-term satellite formation flying. Among different passive and periodic formations, the circular-like ones have potential applications in many formation flying missions. This paper shows that such formations under J2 perturbation are only possible at the critical inclination. It is revealed that strict constraints for both the reference and member satellite orbits are necessary: the reference orbit must be at the critical inclination with a nonzero eccentricity and an argument of perigee not on the equator plane, while every member satellite orbit subjects to four constraints: the same inclination, semi-major axis and eccentricity with the reference orbit, as well as a same small bias in the along-track direction. Further study leads to a geometrical design approach in the rest 2 dimensional constraint space. Results in this paper are valid in arbitrary elliptic orbits under J2 perturbation.
Guangyan Xu Danwei Wang Baolin Wu Eng Kee Poh
School of Automation, Shenyang Institute of Aeronautic Engineering, Shenyang 110136 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
国际会议
The 22nd China Control and Decision Conference(2010年中国控制与决策会议)
徐州
英文
4365-4370
2010-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）