David W. Miller MIT Space Systems Laboratory / MIT Space Systems Laboratory / Texas Instruments / / /
Facility
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center / MIT Space Systems Laboratory / SSL facility / International Space Station / /
IndustryTerm
control algorithms / break-through technologies / unproven algorithms / SPHERES satellite / software re-configuration / communications device / sub-systems / satellite bus / separate frequency communications / satellite-to-laptop communications / satellite communications / manufacturing cost / tethered satellite systems / control algorithm / estimation algorithms / analytic solutions / operational satellite / satellite hardware / communication hardware / autonomy algorithms / tethered systems / satellite models / solar energy / satellite-to-satellite communications / cold-gas thruster system / /
OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
Center of Mass / MIT SPHERES / MIT / MIT Space Systems Lab / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Reaction Wheel Assembly / /
Person
Marshall Space / Jo Chung / Edmund M. Kong / D. W. Miller / /
Position
LQR controller / nonlinear controller / LINEARIZATION AND LINEAR CONTROLLER / Scientist / gain-scheduled LQR controller / decentralized controller / author / stabilizing controller for the system with decreasing tether length / Artist / stabilizing controller / linear controller / controller / Associate Professor / /
SPHERES Tethered Formation Flight Testbed: Application to NASA’s SPECS Mission Soon-Jo Chung, Edmund M. Kong and David W. Miller MIT Space Systems Laboratory, Cambridge, MA[removed]ABSTRACT This paper elaborates on theor