Attitude Regulating Control for a Class of Satellites

An attitude regulating control for a class of satellites is proposed. The control scheme is based on the orientation description of Rodrigues or Modified Rodrigues parameters. A method for initial value calculation of the Rodrigues/Modified Rodrigues parameters is given to transmit the stabilizing control into regulation. An attitude control for SAPPHIER satellite is studied. The proposed control scheme achieves effective performance as illustrated in the numerical example.