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Extended state observer-based third-order sliding mode finite-time attitude tracking controller for rigid spacecraft

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In this paper, the attitude tracking control problem for a rigid spacecraft in the presence of system parameter uncertainties and external disturbances is addressed. First, a new nonsingular finite-time sliding surface is introduced and third-order sliding mode finite-time attitude control law is designed to achieve precise accurate tracking responses and robustness against inertia uncertainties and external disturbances. The stability of the closed-loop system is rigorously proved using the Lyapunov stability theory. Then, a new finite-time extended state observer is established to estimate total disturbances of the system. The extended stated observer-based sliding mode control technique yields improved disturbance rejection and high-precision attitude tracking. Moreover, this control law can avoid the unwinding phenomenon and overcome the input saturation constraint by introducing an auxiliary variable to compensate for the overshooting. A Lyapunov based analysis is provided to guarantee sufficiently small observation error and stabilization of the closed-loop system in finite time. Numerical simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

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The work was supported by King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and Thailand Research Fund (TRF) (Grant No. RSA6080043).

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Pukdeboon, C. Extended state observer-based third-order sliding mode finite-time attitude tracking controller for rigid spacecraft. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 62, 12206 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-017-9389-9

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