Performance Assessment of a Multi-Step Guidance and Control Architecture for Approach and Capture of a Tumbling Space Target
Agostino MADONNA, Giuseppe NAPOLANO, Alessia NOCERINO, Roberto OPROMOLLA, Giancarmine FASANO, Michele GRASSI
Abstract. This paper assesses the performance of a Guidance and Control architecture designed to rendezvous with a tumbling space target. Specifically, it demonstrates its robustness against the uncertainties in the knowledge of the chaser parameters (including the actuators’ mounting configuration), and the variability in the target initial conditions in terms of attitude and angular velocity. Finally, the impact on performance of failures in the actuation system is also analyzed.
Keywords
Close-Proximity Operations, Tumbling Target, Semi-Analytical Guidance, H-Infinity Control, Performance Assessment
Published online 7/20/2026, 6 pages
Copyright © 2026 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Agostino MADONNA, Giuseppe NAPOLANO, Alessia NOCERINO, Roberto OPROMOLLA, Giancarmine FASANO, Michele GRASSI, Performance Assessment of a Multi-Step Guidance and Control Architecture for Approach and Capture of a Tumbling Space Target, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 69, pp 862-867, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904251-152
The article was published as article 152 of the book CEAS – AIDAA Conference 2025
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