Improving the performance of satellite attitude control with a reaction wheel actuator and considering sensor noise

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Computer Engineering,Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In this paper, the robust optimization method has been used to reduce the effect of sensor noise on the performance of the satellite attitude control system with a reaction wheel actuator. In this regard, the absolute pointing error on the satellite attitude has been chosen as the main control performance criterion. The optimization algorithm based on the genetic algorithm and the Monte Carlo method of successive iterations have been used to include the effect of noise and obtain the control coefficients. A modified proportional-integral-derivative (PI-D) controller with the observer method has been utilized to control the spacecraft. White Gaussian noise is added to angular velocity and angular feedback through a low-pass filter. To compare the results fairly, the control coefficients for the same simulation conditions have been obtained for two approaches; robust optimization and deterministic optimization. The performance criterion in terms of the noise power spectral density function has been investigated for two optimization approaches. The comparative results show that the tuned control system by the robust optimization method, its performance criterion is more robust in the face of noise and has less changes, while the performance criterion of the deterministic optimization method has more changes in noisy condition. 
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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 3
February 2023
Pages 91-100

  • Receive Date 23 May 2024
  • Revise Date 13 July 2024
  • Accept Date 08 February 2025
  • First Publish Date 08 February 2025
  • Publish Date 21 January 2024