Title: Methodology for supporting and making decisions on equipping the onboard equipment of a small spacecraft's motion control system

Authors: Alexander N. Pavlov; Valentin N. Vorotyagin; Dmitry A. Pavlov; Alexander Yu. Kulakov

Addresses: Department of Automated Control Systems Space Complexes, Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaysky, Saint-Petersburg, pr. Koroleva 7, 501, 197341, Russia ' Department of Automated Control Systems Space Complexes, Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaysky, Saint-Petersburg, pr. Koroleva 7, 501, 197341, Russia ' Department of Technology and Tools Automation of Processing and Analysis Space Information, Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaysky, Saint-Petersburg, pr. Koroleva 7, 501, 197341, Russia ' Laboratory of Information Technology in the System Analysis and Modelling, St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS), Saint-Petersburg, pr. Koroleva 7, 501, 197341, Russia

Abstract: The paper offers an original method of decision support for choosing the composition of onboard equipment(configuration) motion control systems (MCS) of a small spacecraft (SSC) with a given layout scheme. The method is based on the algorithm of multi-criteria (Pareto) narrowing of the set of acceptable MCS implementation and the principle of interactive interaction with the decision-maker at the stage of system design, which potentially improves the quality and efficiency of the application of space systems being created.

Keywords: SSC; small spacecraft; motion control system; reliability; survivability; design solutions; onboard equipment; design support; optimisation; complex technical objects; reserving.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2021.126411

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2021 Vol.24 No.2/3/4, pp.126 - 139

Received: 30 Jul 2020
Accepted: 08 Jan 2021
Published online: 26 Oct 2022 *

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