Noncooperative Target Finite-Time Surrounding Control of Spacecraft Formation

This paper proposes a novel distributed control method for surrounding a noncooperative target that has maneuverability by spacecraft formation. A relative orbit error dynamic model between the target and the formation is established dependent on a reference spacecraft under the 2-body assumption. To estimate and compensate for the target’s control input rapidly, a novel finite-time extended state observer is developed. It is stable in the sense of fast finite-time uniformly ultimately bounded stability. A fast terminal sliding mode controller is proposed for finite-time convergence of the system. Simulation examples are implemented to show the effectiveness of proposed algorithm.