A guidance strategy for rendezvous and docking to the space station in the Earth-Moon NRHO orbit

With the development of space technology,it is possible to build a space station in Earth-Moon space as a transit for Earth-Moon round-trip and entering in the deep space.Rendezvous and docking is one of the key technologies for building an Earth-Moon space station.A guidance strategy for rendezvous and docking from the Earth orbit to the space station in the Earth-Moon NRHO orbit is proposed in this paper,which is suitable for engineering applications.Firstly,the rendezvous and docking process is divided into three sections,i.e.,the large-range orbit transfer section,far-range guidance section,and close-range approaching section.The suitable terminal of large-range orbit transfer is selected according to the eigenvalue of NRHO orbit state transition matrix.The two-impulse guidance method based on the relative motion equation in the three-body problem is adopted for the far-range guidance section.The impulse time and amplitude are solved with the optimization algorithm.The linear constant three-body relative motion equation is proposed for the close-range approaching section,and the rendezvous and docking is completed by a two-stage linear approximation.Finally,a simulation analysis is carried out,and the simulation results show that the adopted dynamics equations and the designed guidance law are effective,and the three flight phases are naturally connected to accomplish the rendezvous and docking mission from the Earth orbit to the space station on the Earth-Moon NRHO.

Guidance strategy of motion camouflage for spacecraft pursuit-evasion game

This work is inspired by a stealth pursuit behavior called motion camouflage whereby a pursuer approaches an evader while the pursuer camouflages itself against a predetermined background.We formulate the spacecraft pursuit-evasion problem as a stealth pursuit strategy of motion camouflage,in which the pursuer tries to minimize a motion camouflage index defined in this paper.The Euler-Hill reference frame whose origin is set on the circular reference orbit is used to describe the dynamics.Based on the rule of motion camouflage,a guidance strategy in open-loop form to achieve motion camouflage index is derived in which the pursuer lies on the camouflage constraint line connecting the central spacecraft and evader.In order to dispose of the dependence on the evader acceleration in the open-loop guidance strategy,we further consider the motion camouflage pursuit problem within an infinite-horizon nonlinear quadratic differential game.The saddle point solution to the game is derived by using the state-dependent Riccati equation method,and the resulting closed-loop guidance strategy is effective in achieving motion camouflage.Simulations are performed to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed guidance strategies for the pursuit–evasion game scenario.

Development of A Three-Dimensional Guidance System for Long-Range Maneuvering of A Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

The present paper introduces a three-dimensional guidance system developed for a miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle（AUV）. The guidance system determines the best trajectory for the vehicle based on target behavior and vehicle capabilities. The dynamic model of this novel AUV is derived based on its special characteristics such as the horizontal posture and the independent diving mechanism. To design the guidance strategy, the main idea is to select the desired depth, presumed proportional to the horizontal distance of the AUV and the target. By connecting the two with a straight line, this strategy helps the AUV move in a trajectory sufficiently close to this line. The adjacency of the trajectory to the line leads to reasonably short travelling distances and avoids unsafe areas. Autopilots are designed using sliding mode controller. Two different engagement geometries are considered to evaluate the strategy＇s performance： stationary target and moving target. The simulation results show that the strategy can provide sufficiently fast and smooth trajectories in both target situations.

Review of control and guidance technology on hypersonic vehicle

Air-breathing hypersonic vehicle has great military and potential economic value due to its characteristics:high velocity,long range,quick response.Therefore,the development of hypersonic vehicle and its guidance and control technology are reviewed in this paper.Firstly,the development and classification of hypersonic vehicles around the world are summarized,and the geometric configuration and mission profile of typical air-breathing hypersonic vehicle are given.Secondly,the control difficulties of air-breathing hypersonic vehicle are introduced,including integrated design of engine and fuselage,static instability,strong nonlinearity,uncertain aerodynamic parameters,etc.According to its control requirements,the control methods considering external disturbance,fault-tolerant control methods,anti-saturation methods,and prescribed performance control methods considering transient performance constraints are summarized respectively.The classification and comparison of various control methods are given,and the frontiers of theoretical development are analyzed.Finally,considering the effects of composite disturbances,the design of terminal guidance law under multiple constraints is overviewed,including guidance law with angle constraint,velocity constraint,acceleration constraint and time constraint.Similarly,the classification of guidance law design methods under different constraints,their advantages as well as the future development trend and requirements are introduced.

Autonomous gliding entry guidance with geographic constraints

This paper presents a novel three-dimensional autonomous entry guidance for relatively high lift-to-drag ratio vehicles satisfying geographic constraints and other path constraints. The guidance is composed of onboard trajectory planning and robust trajectory tracking. For trajectory planning, a longitudinal sub-planner is introduced to generate a feasible drag-versus-energy profile by using the interpolation between upper boundary and lower boundary of entry corridor to get the desired trajectory length. The associated magnitude of the bank angle can be specified by drag profile, while the sign of bank angle is determined by lateral sub-planner. Two-reverse mode is utilized to satisfy waypoint constraints and dynamic heading error corridor is utilized to satisfy no-fly zone constraints. The longitudinal and lateral sub-planners are iteratively employed until all of the path constraints are satisfied. For trajectory tracking, a novel tracking law based on the active disturbance rejection control is introduced. Finally, adaptability tests and Monte Carlo simulations of the entry guidance approach are performed. Results show that the proposed entry guidance approach can adapt to different entry missions and is able to make the vehicle reach the prescribed target point precisely in spite of geographic constraints.

A novel adaptive lateral reentry guidance algorithm with complex distributed no-fly zones constraints

Aimed at complex distributed no-fly zones avoidance problems,a novel adaptive lateral reentry guidance algorithm is proposed.Firstly,by introducing the improved attractive and repulsive potential fields,an improved artificial potential field method is developed.Combined with the proposed judgment criterion for whether a no-fly zone has been avoided,the proposed improved artificial potential field method effectively solves the reference heading angle determination problem under the constraints of complex distributed no-fly zones.Then,based on the proposed no-fly zone’s threat quantitative evaluation method and the reference heading angle determined by the proposed improved artificial potential field method,the heading corridor is improved to increase its sensitivity to the threat changes of the no-fly zones.Finally,for satisfying the requirements of complex distributed no-fly zones avoidance,a novel guidance logic via improved heading corridor is proposed to update the reference heading corridor adaptively in real time according to the threat and constraint changes of the no-fly zones,and the bank reversal logic is employed to control the lateral motion.The simulation results for nominal and dispersed cases indicate that the proposed guidance algorithm has high robustness,stability,and applicability,and is feasible and effective to deal with the complex distributed no-fly zones avoidance problems.

Optical flow based guidance system design for semi-strapdown image homing guided missiles

This paper focuses mainly on semi-strapdown image homing guided （SSIHG） system design based on optical flow for a six-degree-of-freedom （6-DOF） axial-symmetric skid-to-turn missile. Three optical flow algorithms suitable for large displacements are introduced and compared. The influence of different displacements on computational accuracy of the three algorithms is analyzed statistically. The total optical flow of the SSIHG missile is obtained using the Scale Invariant Feature Transform （SIFT） algorithm, which is the best among the three for large displacements. After removing the rotational optical flow caused by rotation of the gimbal and missile body from the total optical flow, the remaining translational optical flow is smoothed via Kalman filtering. The circular navigation guidance （CNG） law with impact angle constraint is then obtained utilizing the smoothed translational optical flow and position of the target image. Simulations are carried out under both disturbed and undisturbed conditions, and results indicate the proposed guidance strategy for SSIHG missiles can result in a precise target hit with a desired impact angle without the need for the time-to-go parameter.