To meet high tracking stability accuracy requirements, a model of a satellite laser communication coarse tracking system based on a Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) was established, and the tracking stability error was analyzed. Owing to a larger tracking error and poor dynamic response performance from the traditional Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID)control strategy, an improved feed-forward compound control strategy based on the coarse tracking system was proposed.The coarse tracking system was analyzed theoretically to improve dynamic performance. The ground experimental results show that, compared to the traditional control strategy, the improved compound control strategy greatly reduces the dynamic tracking error of the system, from 606 to 13 μrad (measured to one standard deviation, 1δ). The rationality and advancement of the improved compound control strategy are also verified by further on-orbit experiments. Overall performance indicators satisfy the extremely high precision requirements of the satellite laser communication terminal. The proposed control strategy is capable of being used in future designs for other high-performance tracking systems.