TY  - CONF
N2  - This paper studies an important aspect of attitude control for a launcher's upper stage: the minimum impulse bit (MIB), that is, the minimum torque that can be exerted by the thrusters. We model this effect using principles of hybrid systems theory and we design a hybrid model predictive control scheme for the attitude control of a launcher during its long coasting period, aiming at minimizing the number of thrusters' actuations. We apply the proposed methodology to a nonlinear model of a typical upper stage with multi-payload capability. 
SN  - 978-3-9524269-3-7
PB  - IEEE
A1  - Sopasakis, Pantelis
A1  - Bernardini, Daniele
A1  - Strauch, Hans
A1  - Bennani, Samir
A1  - Bemporad, Alberto
M2  - Linz, Austria
UR  - https://controls.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/ECC15/program/ECC15_ContentListWeb_3.html#thc4_01
Y1  - 2016/07//
KW  - Aerospace
KW  -  predictive control for nonlinear systems
KW  -  hybrid systems
AV  - public
TI  - A Hybrid Model Predictive Control Approach to Attitude Control with Minimum-Impulse-Bit Thrusters
T2  - European Control Conference
ID  - eprints2674
ER  -