under the hood: maneuver planning with astrogator
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Under The Hood: Maneuver Planning With Astrogator. Matt Berry Kevin Ring. Introduction to Astrogator The components of Astrogator Segments Stopping Conditions Engine Models Targeter Profiles Examples. What are they? What do they do? How do they work?. Agenda. What’s Astrogator?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Under The Hood:
Maneuver Planning With AstrogatorMatt Berry
Kevin Ring
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Agenda
• Introduction to Astrogator
• The components of Astrogator– Segments
– Stopping Conditions
– Engine Models
– Targeter Profiles
• Examples
• What are they?
• What do they do?
• How do they work?
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What’s Astrogator?
• Astrogator is STK’s mission planning module
• Used for:– Trajectory design– Maneuver planning– Station keeping– Launch window analysis– Fuel use studies
• Derived from code used by NASA contractors
• Embedded into STK
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Astrogator in STK
• Astrogator is one of 11 satellite propagators
• Propagator generates ephemeris
• Astrogator satellite acts like other STK satellites– Can run STK reports (including Access) – Can animate in 3D and 2D windows
• Generates ephemeris by running Mission Control Sequence (MCS)
• Components used in MCS configured in Astrogator Browser
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AstrogatorAstrogator
Mission Control SequenceConfiguration
Mission Control SequenceConfiguration
Astrogator
Runs Mission ControlSequence
EphemerisEphemeris
Other MissionData
Other MissionData
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The Mission Control Sequence
• A series of segments that define the problem
• A graphical programming language
• Two types of segments– Segments that produce ephemeris– Segments that change the run flow of the MCS
• Segments pass their final state as the initial state to the next segment– Some segments create their own initial state
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The Mission Control Sequence
State
Segment 1
State
Segment 2
State
Ephemeris
Ephemeris
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Segments that produce ephemeris
• Initial State – specifies initial conditions
• Launch – simulates launching
• Propagate – integrate numerically until some event
• Maneuver – impulsive or finite
• Follow – follows leader vehicle until some event
• Update – updates spacecraft parameters
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Initial state segment
• Specify spacecraft state at some epoch
• Choose any coordinate system
• Enter in Cartesian, Keplerian, etc.
• Enter spacecraft properties: mass, fuel, etc.
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Launch segment
• Specify launch and burnout location
• Specify time of flight
• Use any central body
• Connects launch and burnout points with an ellipse
• Creates its own initial state
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Propagate segment
• Numerically integrates using chosen propagator
• Propagator can be configured in Astrogator browser
• Propagation continues until stopping conditions are met
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Stopping conditions
• Define events on which to stop a segment
• Stop when some “calc object” reaches a desired value – A calc object is any calculated value, such as an orbital
element – Calc objects can be user-defined
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Stopping conditions
• Can also specify constraints:– Only stop if another calc object is =, <, >, some value – Determines if exact point stopping condition is met, then
checks if constraints are satisfied – Multiple constraints behave as logical “And”
• Segments can have multiple stopping conditions– Stops when the first one is met – Behaves as a logical “Or”
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Event detection
• Exact time of event found with Regula-Falsi
• f(t) found by integrating to time t
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0)(
0)(
)()(
)()(
f(c)=>f(a)
f(a)
f(b)
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Propagate segment: pseudo-code
while (keepGoing)
take integration step
if (stopping condition tripped over step)
find exact point of stopping condition
if (constraints met at that point)
keepGoing = false
end if
end if
end while
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Maneuver segment
• Maneuver segment owns two distinct segments:– Finite maneuver
– Impulsive maneuver
• Combo box controls which one is run
• Finite maneuver created from impulsive maneuver with “Seed” button
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Impulsive maneuver
• Adds delta-V to the current state
• Can specify magnitude and direction of delta-V
• Computes estimated burn duration and fuel usage, based on chosen engine
• Can configure engine model in Astrogator browser
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Impulsive maneuver
State
Impulsive Maneuver
Add delta-V to state
State
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Finite maneuver
• Works like propagate segment, thrust added to force model
• Can specify the direction of the thrust vector – Can be specified in plug-in
• Magnitude of thrust comes from engine model
• Can center the burn about current state
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Engine models
• Compute thrust, Isp, and/or mass flow rate (two of three)
• Four Kinds:– Constant Thrust and Isp
– Polynomial Engine: T and Isp functions of pressure, temperature
– Ion: Isp and mass flow functions of power
– Plugin: you decide
• Thrust and mass flow rate sent back to force model
IspgmT
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Finite burn seeding
• Creates finite maneuver from impulsive
• Duration stopping condition set to estimated burn duration of impulsive maneuver
• Copies all settings from impulsive maneuver to finite maneuver
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Follow segment
• Choose leader to follow
• Specify offset from the leader
• Follow leader between “joining conditions” and “separation conditions”– Behave just like stopping
conditions
• Creates its own initial state
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Follow segment: pseudo-codewhile (keepGoing)
get leader’s next ephemeris point add offset if (not adding points yet)
if (joining conditions are met) find exact point of joining condition start adding pointsend if
end ifif (adding points)
add point to ephemerisif (separation conditions met over step) find exact point of separation
conditions keepGoing = falseend if
end ifend while
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Update segment
• Used to update spacecraft properties
• Useful to simulate stage separation, docking, etc
• Set properties to a new value, or add or subtract from their current value
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Update segment
State
Update
Update state parameters
State
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Segments that change run flow
• Auto-Sequences – called by propagate segments
• Target Sequence – loops over segments, changing values until goals are met
• Backwards Sequence – changes direction of propagation
• Return – exits a sequence
• Stop – stops computation
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Auto-sequences
• Instead of stopping a segment, stopping conditions can trigger an auto-sequence
• An auto-sequence is another sequence of segments – Behaves like a subroutine
• After the auto-sequence is finished, control returns to the calling segment
• Auto-sequences can inherit stopping conditions from the calling segment
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Auto-sequences example
Initial State
Propagate
Burn In PlaneSequence
Burn Out Of PlaneSequence
Duration = 1 day Periapsis Apoapsis
Finite ManeuverIn Plane
Finite ManeuverOut of Plane
Duration = 100 sec Duration = 100 sec
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Target sequence
• Runs through a series of targeter profiles
• Behaves like a while loop
• Profile manipulates the segments in target sequence
• Two types of profiles:– Differential corrector
– Profiles that change segments’ properties
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Differential corrector
• Controls chosen from segments in target sequence
• Results are calc objects computed at the end of segments in the sequence
• Determine controls, x, to meet results, y:
• Evaluated by running targeter sequence
yxF )(
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Differential corrector
• Correction to controls found from linearized Taylor series:
• A found from finite differencing, perturbation added to each control
• Inverse found from singular value decomposition
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Differential corrector: pseudo-code
run sequence to get resultswhile (not converged and count < max iterations)for each control
adjust control by perturbationrun sequence to get results
end forcompute partial matrixcompute inverse of partialscompute new control valuesrun sequence to get resultsincrement count
end while
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Profiles that alter segment properties
• Change maneuver type – toggles finite / impulsive
• Seed finite maneuver – creates finite from impulsive maneuver
• Change stopping conditions – toggles stopping conditions
• Change return – enables / disables return segment
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Target sequence: pseudo-code
execute each profile
run sequence final time
clean up after profiles
• After targeter finished running, segments left in original state
• Changes to controls / segment properties not applied until “Apply Corrections” button is used
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Using the targeter effectively
• Multiple targeting profiles divide problem into parts – Coarse and fine targeting– U.S. Patent No. 6,937,968
• Target sequence can be changed between DC profiles with segment property profiles
• Differential corrector relies on good partials – Set perturbation and max step appropriately – Best to have equal number of controls and results
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Targeting examples
• Coarse and fine targeting of a maneuver
• Example of “bad partials”
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Backward sequence
• Segments in backward sequences propagated backwards:– Propagate & finite
maneuvers integrated with negative time step
– Impulsive maneuvers’ delta-Vs are subtracted
• Can pass initial or final state of sequence to next segment
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Backwards prop example
• Meet in the middle targeting problem
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Putting the ephemeris together
• Segment ephemeris merged after MCS is run
• When overlaps occur: later segment in MCS wins
• Only overlapped portion of earlier segment’s ephemeris removed
• Possible to have discontinuous ephemeris
• Sequences have option not to generate ephemeris
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Ephemeris merging
Segment 1
Segment 2
Final Ephemeris
time
5 10 150
Two pointsat the same time
Two pointsat the same time
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Ephemeris merging example
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Summary
• Astrogator is a tool in STK for mission planning
• Astrogator is not complicated – it just does what you tell it to do
• Some math in Astrogator– Event detection– Differential corrector– Engine model– Orbit propagation
• Configuring Astrogator is the key
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Other related events
• Methods of Orbit Propagation Jim WoodburnWednesday 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Space SystemsJohn Carrico and Bob HallWednesday 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Astrogator Users’ Group breakfastThursday 7:15 a.m.
• STK Plug-ins using Compiled CodeVince CoppolaThursday 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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Questions
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