Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Spacecraft Formation Flying

Abstract EN

This paper presents a hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation approach for multiple spacecraft formation flying.

Considering a leader-follower formation flying configuration, a Fuzzy Logic controller is developed first to maintain the desired formation shape under external perturbations and the initial position offsets.

Cold-gas on/off thrusters are developed to be introduced to the simulation loop, and the HITL simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed simulation configuration and Fuzzy Logic control.