Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control
Course content and structure
Entry requirements
Basic knowledge of control systems and modeling corresponding to the course R0005E Measurement and control. The students should also have a good background in Orbit and attitude dynamics (R7025R Orbit and Attitude Dynamics) and basic knowledge of spacecraft control, corresponding to the course R7026E Spacecraft Control. Good knowledge English, equivalent to English 6.
Selection
The selection is based on 30-285 credits
Course Aim
The aim of the course is that the student shall learn the concepts of guidance, navigation and control (GNC) for space systems, including satellites, rockets, rovers, aerial vehicles, manipulators and planes.
After the course, the student shall be able to:
- Identify and select sensorial systems for GNC
- Generate trajectories for spacecrafts
- Program attitude estimation based on Extended Kalman Filtering
- Design control architectures for GNC as LQR and MPC
- Design basic applications in computed vision for GNC
- Apply the underlying knowledge in realistic labs
Contents
Trajectory generation
Attitude estimation
Space Sensors for Navigation
path Planning
Trajectory Tracking
LQR/LQG control
MPC control for satellite
Machine Vision for Space applications I
Machine Vision for Space applications II
Visual Servoing
Spacecrafts / Rover Kinematics
Rockets kinematics, dynamics and control
Manipulator Kinematics