Robb, B, Russo, A, Soldini, S 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3121-3845, Paoletti, P ORCID: 0000-0001-6131-0377, Reveles, J, Bailet, G and McInnes, CR
(2022)
Integrated Attitude and Shape Control for OrigamiSats with Variable Surface Reflectivity.
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Abstract
OrigamiSats, a new concept in solar sailing, are origami spacecraft with reflective panels which, when flat, operate as a conventional solar sail. Shape reconfiguration, i.e. “folding” of the origami design, allows the OrigamiSat to change operational modes, performing different functions as per mission requirements. For example, a flat OrigamiSat could be reconfigured into the shape of a parabolic reflector, before returning to the flat configuration when required to again operate as a solar sail, providing propellant-free propulsion. The attitude dynamics and shape reconfiguration of OrigamiSats are known to be highly coupled, and thus present a challenge from a control perspective. This paper investigates the problem of integrating attitude and shape control of a Miura-fold pattern OrigamiSat through the use of variable reflectivity, allowing differences in solar radiation pressure to be used to enact shape reconfiguration and attitude manoeuvres. A closed-loop feedback controller is presented which combines and balances the attitude and shape control requirements, and gain-scheduling is implemented to address some specific features of the system dynamics. Numerical simulations of the multibody dynamics of the system are used to test the proposed controller and simulations are performed of some example manoeuvres which demonstrate the system's performance.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Unspecified) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2024 15:47 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2025 02:38 |
| Open Access URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3188917 |
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