On Earth Satellite Motion Controll With Narrow Range of Jet Thrusters Used for Attitude Stabilization and Reboost

The motion control of the automated earth satellite is considered. For maneuvering and angular stabilization, a propulsion system used as an actuator. This system is consist of minimal number of jet thrusters, which capable to provide motion control. In order to ensure simultaneous control of the motion of the center of mass of the spacecraft (SC) and its stabilization with the help of engines at each moment of time, it is necessary to solve the problems of determining the required change in the speed of the SC, choosing the optimal configuration of the engines. Presented some methods for solving these problems, which could applied in the control system of the considered spacecraft. The operability of the described algorithms confirmed by the results of mathematical modeling on a ground test bench for onboard software.