Generalized Dynamic Inversion Scheme for Satellite Launch Vehicle Attitude Control

Abstract This paper presents a generalized dynamic inversion attitude control design for satellite launch vehicle. Dynamic constraints that encapsulate the attitude tracking objectives are prescribed in the form of asymptotically stable differential equations in the attitude variables deviations from their reference trajectories. The constraint differential equations are evaluated along the vehicle's attitude trajectories and are inverted to solve for the control variables using the Greville formula for underdetermined algebraic systems. The associated null control vector is constructed using Lyapunov stability principle, and a delaying dynamic scaling factor is augmented in the involved Moore-Penrose generalized inverse for assured singularity avoidance and stable attitude tracking. The effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is shown by its evaluation on a 6DOF model of a satellite launch vehicle in the presence of various external disturbances.