Research Article

Attitude Analysis and Robust Adaptive Backstepping Sliding Mode Control of Spacecrafts Orbiting Irregular Asteroids

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Simulation parameters Simulation value

Characteristic length of the asteroid (km)9.933

Harmonic coefficients −0.0878
Harmonic coefficients 0.0439
Spacecraft mass distribution parameters , , 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
Asteroid’s gravitational constant parameter (km3/s2)876171
Asteroid’s spin rate (rad/s) (2 * 3.14)/(5.27 * 3600)