Research Article

Multiple Spacecraft Formation Flying Control around Artificial Equilibrium Point Using Propellantless Approach

Table 3

The control performance of control algorithms (take follower 1 as an example).

ControllerTerminal relative position errors max (,,) [m]Terminal relative velocity errors max (,,)[m/s]Average variation of angle [deg]Average variation of charge product [C2]

MFITSMC(0.012,0.018,0.022)(0.0285,0.0101)
FTSMC(0.15,0.118,0.038)(0.0244,0.0078)
PID(0.95,0.78,0.42)(0.0084,0.0042)