Spacecraft dynamics and control - the embedded model control approach

The book includes both fundamental and advanced topics. Fundamental topics can be found in several classical and recent textbooks. Here, the effort is to emphasize state equation formulation and feedback design, as a preparation to more specific control topics such as the design of uncertainty-based state predictors and model-based control laws. As an example, the classical topics of the attitude kinematics are extended in Chapter 6 to include feedback design, closed-loop stability properties, and the design of an attitude state predictor driven by gyroscope and star tracker data. For these reasons, the book may address different categories of readers. PhD students and researchers in aerospace and control sciences are eligible readers. Because most of the design procedures can be repeated manually or with the aid of simple computer programs, aerospace and control engineers may find analytic and first-trial procedures, which guide them from requirements to state predictor and control design parameters. Last but not least, several sections may fit graduate and undergraduate studies, as fundamental concepts and their formulations, detailed derivations of intermediate and final results, and in-text exercises and simulations are provided.