Third IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space SystemsImaging satellites have several challenges in dynamics and control to meet high performance requirements. As an example, Hubble Space Telescope pointing requirements are of 0.012 arc-sec and jitter requirements not to exceed 0.007 arc-sec. These satellites require fast slew maneuver with minimum slew time. Flexibility/control interaction becomes critical for these satellites. These satellites require fine mirror surfaces for diffraction limited performance. For visible images, the surface mirror accuracy requirements are a minimum of 30 nm. In order to meet these performance requirements, advance dynamics and control techniques and actuators and sensors are required. Meeting these requirements becomes even more challenging for future imaging satellites as the diameter of primary mirrors increases, resulting in deployable mirrors. This paper provides an overview of advanced dynamics and control techniques for jitter control, flexibility/control interactions, slew maneuvers, and reflector active surface control
