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Motion Primitive Approach to Spacecraft Trajectory Design in a Multi-body System
The increasing number and variety of spacecraft that are expected to operate within cislunar space and other multi-body gravitational environments...
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LIBRATION POINT SPACECRAFT FORMATION TRAJECTORY DESIGN USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Utilizing distributed spacecraft technologies in combination with small satellites offer the benefits of quicker manufacturing, simpler designs, and...
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Spacecraft reentry trajectory optimization by heuristic optimization methods and optimal control theory
In the present work, a hybrid method for trajectory optimization of reentry spacecraft was proposed. The guiding legislation on the basis of heat...
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Analysis, Design, and Optimization of Robust Trajectories in Cislunar Environment for Limited-Capability Spacecraft
Nowadays, the space exploration is going in the direction of exploiting small platforms to get high scientific return at significantly lower costs....
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Rapid Trajectory Optimization of Continuous-Low-Thrust Spacecraft Based on Bezier Shape Function and Inverse Dynamics
Deep space exploration missions are a great fit for continuous-thrust spacecraft because of their benefits of high specific impulse and extended...
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OSIRIS-REX POST-TAG OBSERVATION TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected a sample of asteroid regolith from the surface of near-Earth asteroid Bennu in October of 2020....
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A Fuzzy Inference System for an Optimal Spacecraft Attitude State Trajectory
Attitude is the rotational orientation of an object, such as a rigid body spacecraft, in three-dimensional space. A spacecraft’s attitude affects...
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Acceleration-Based Switching Surfaces for Impulsive Trajectory Design Between Cislunar Libration Point Orbits
A method is proposed to generate an initial guess for impulsive trajectory design in the circular restricted three-body problem. The method uses...
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A Homotopic Direct Collocation Approach for Operational-Compliant Trajectory Design
Stand-alone deep-space CubeSats are the future of the space sector. For limited budget reasons, these spacecraft need to follow operational-compliant...
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Autonomous assembly of multiple flexible spacecraft using RRT* algorithm and input sha** technique
The on-orbit assembly is an appealing method to build large space structures. To improve the assembly efficiency, each module trends towards a...
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PROCYON Mission Reanalysis: Low-Thrust Asteroid Flyby Trajectory Design leveraging Convex Programming
PROCYON is the world’s first deep-space micro spacecraft launched on December 3, 2014, as a secondary payload on the launch of JAXA’s Hayabusa2...
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Design of 3-D trajectory sequences for multiple asteroid flyby missions
Prospecting is a necessary pre-requisite of future asteroid mining ventures. It is generally assumed that inspection for the purpose of identifying...
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State-dependent trust region for successive convex programming for autonomous spacecraft
Spacecraft trajectory optimization is essential for all the different phases of a space mission, from its launch to end-of-life disposal. Due to the...
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Hierarchical path planning for multi-arm spacecraft with general translational and rotational locomotion mode
On-orbit construction and maintenance technology will play a significant role in future space exploration. The dexterous multifunctional spacecraft...
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Dynamics of Small Celestial Body and Orbit Design Under Low Thrust Spacecraft
Small celestial bodies (SCB) including Near-Earth asteroids (NEA), as potentially dangerous that threaten the security of Earth and humankind, have...
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Review of Advanced Trajectory Optimization Methods
When encountering atmospheric or exo-atmospheric spacecraft flight, a well-designed trajectory is essential for making the flight stable and...
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Observer-based Attitude Maneuver Control of Flexible Spacecraft: A Parametric Approach
To address the problem of control performance degradation caused by flexible attachment vibrations and external disturbances during attitude...
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A Study on the Method of Spacecraft Deorbit Return Orbit Optimization
The return trajectory optimization of spacecraft is a typical problem on optimal control. The spacecraft is affected by quality, kinetic energy,...
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Local Lyapunov Exponent Augmented Differential Corrections Process for Cislunar Trajectory Targeting
Differential correction algorithms are frequently used for spacecraft trajectory targeting to produce feasible trajectories on the ground and...
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Trajectory Optimization and Orbit Design of Spacecraft in Hovering Mission
The typical hovering mission contains three stages: the orbit transfer from the original orbit to the hovering orbit; hovering in the orbit; and the...
