PG-EAM - Graduate Program in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering
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Master's Dissertation 2018

Station-keeping control design for Earth-Moon L1 libration point halo orbits

Author

Thiago César Lousada Marsola

Advisor

  • Advisor José Manoel Balthazar

Concentration Area

Projeto Aeronáutico, Estruturas e Sistemas Aeroespaciais

Defense Date

07/12/2018

Thesis Number

75421

Abstract

In this work, we consider the dynamics of the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem for the Earth-Moon system. Taking into account the L1 equilibrium point in this dynamics, it is constructed a family of periodic orbits in the vicinity of this libration point, called halo orbits. The construction is built using an analytical approach as a first guess with a numerical method in addition, in order to correct the linear approximation procedure. Withal the stability of this libration point trajectories analyzed and proven to be unstable, a spacecraft moving near this point must use some correction maneuver to remain close to the nominal orbit. We proposed a station-keeping strategy applicable to those trajectories using optimal linear and nonlinear feedback control laws. The proposed nonlinear control law was synthesized through the solution of an Riccati equation.

Keywords

Pontos de equilíbrio de Lagrange Problema de três corpos Mecânica celeste Sistemas Terra-Lua Órbitas Sistemas dinâmicos Controle ótimo Engenharia aeroespacial