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Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking and Separation

  • Book

  • September 2026
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 6251667
Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking and Separation solves problems for spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation control systems using different control methods instead of the widely used proportional-integral-derivative controller or PID control. The book focuses on presenting a variety of control strategies tailored for spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation that are accompanied by stability proofs that integrate Lyapunov stability theory with sliding mode theory, LMIs-based theorems, model predictive control theories, reinforcement study theories, and other frameworks so the reader can understand how to handle different kinds of disturbances and perturbations in actual orbiting spacecraft.

The book also provides a review of magnetic field, the magnetic field force model (both the near-field model and the far-field model), and useful lemmas and dynamic modeling methods of spacecraft relative motion that can serve as first stage analysis for further research, and are especially important in the initial design phase of a spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation control systems.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction of basic knowledge
2. Coupled Orbit-Attitude Tracking Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
3. Intermediate Observer-based Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
4. Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
5. Disturbance Observer-based Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
6. Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
7. Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking
8. Sliding Mode Tracking Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Separation
9. Optimizations-based Impedance Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Separation
10. Integrated Control for Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking and Separation

Authors

Keke Shi Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China.

Keke Shi is an Associate Professor at Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China. Dr Shi's research interests include spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation

Chuang Liu Associate Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. Chuang Liu is an Associate Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. He is also Scientific Committee Member of Aeromeet 2022. He received the COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists in 2020. His research focuses on aerospace engineering. Xiaokui Yue Professor, Northwestern Technical University, China. Xiaokui Yue is a Professor at Northwestern Technical University, China. His research has focused on the frontiers of space exploration and on computational methods for nonlinear dynamical systems. Mahe Shu Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.

Mahe Shu is a PhD research student at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Research interests include spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation