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A Survey on Formation Control of Small Satellites
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This paper comprehensively reviews the state-of-the-art development in formation control of small satellites. Satellite formation flying, distributed satellite systems, and fractionated satellite formation are discussed first. Various formation control architectures and methods of small satellites are then introduced, including the leader-following method, the behavior-based method, the virtual structure method, the cyclic pursuit method, the artificial potential function method, the algebraic graph method, and the noncontact force method. Coordinative control of multiple small satellites is also reviewed, covering coordinative control of satellite formation, coordinative attitude control of satellite formation, and coordinative coupled attitude and orbit control of satellite formation. The achievements and development trends of the formation control of small satellites are considered and analyzed.
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- Authors
- Liu, G.-P., & Zhang, S.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the IEEE
- Published
- 2018-03
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 440-457
- ISSN
- 0018-9219 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-2256
- OpenAlex
- W2793010390
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 56
- FWCI
- 16.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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