On the problem of optimal control of rotation axis reorientation of a spacecraft

Various variants of the formulation of optimal control problem of the reorientation of the axis of dynamic symmetry of the spacecraft (spacecraft), which is the axis of rotation, are considered. It is assumed that the solution to this problem should be found in the class of movements with one directional (flat) rotation, provided that before and after the reorientation of the axis of rotation, the angular velocity of the spacecraft is the same. In this case, the angular motion of the spacecraft is controlled according to the “rotary jet engine” scheme, when the control moment is limited by the ellipsoid of rotation. The corresponding mathematical model of spacecraft motion for the control problem under consideration is given. In addition to the formulation of the problem of the steepest reorientation of the axis of rotation of the spacecraft, the optimal control problem is also formulated, for which optimal control for the full control moment is found. In order to analyze the formulation of the problem under consideration, the results of its reduction to the boundary value problem and to the isoperimetric variational problem are also presented.