Information-Based Guidance and Control of Spacecraft for Autonomous Inspection
Winner of 2021 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Graduate Student Paper.
We present an information-based guidance and control architecture for inspection of a target spacecraft. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/...
In this experiment, we show autonomous collaborative inspection of the target spacecraft by three deputy spacecraft, using the proposed hierarchical information-based planning and control architecture. The planner autonomously selects a terminal state, which is informative for inspection, and then computes a safe and fuel-optimal motion plan. The controller ensures that the spacecraft follows the safe motion plan accurately using the thrusters.