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A new control law based on characteristic exponent assignment for libration point orbit maintenance

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A new method is developed for stabilizing motion on collinear libration point orbits using the formalism of the circular restricted three body problem. Linearization about the collinear libration point orbits yields an unstable linear parameter-varying system with periodic coefficients. Given the variational equations, an innovative control law based on characteristic exponent assignment is introduced for libration point orbit maintenance. A numerical simulation choosing the Richardson’s third order approximation for a halo orbit as a nominal orbit is conducted, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of this control law.

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  1. Laboratory 504, School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Jian Wei & Shi-Jie Xu

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The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10702003).

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Wei, J., Xu, SJ. A new control law based on characteristic exponent assignment for libration point orbit maintenance. Acta Mech Sin 26, 495–500 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-010-0344-5

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