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Concept and Rationale for Stratospheric Balloon-Based Laser Debris Removal
F. Ruiz Vincueria, M. Divoky, E. Sanchez-Laulhe +9
Laser-based deorbiting has long been proposed as a promising technique for mitigating the growing population of orbital debris, particularly decimetre-scale objects -- large enough…
Autonomous Upper Stage Guidance with Robust Splash-Down Constraint
Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo +2
This paper presents a novel algorithm, based on model predictive control (MPC), for the optimal guidance of a launch vehicle upper stage. The proposed strategy not only maximizes t…
Stochastic Control of Launch Vehicle Upper Stage with Minimum-Variance Splash-Down
Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo +2
This paper presents a novel synthesis method for designing an optimal and robust guidance law for a non-throttleable upper stage of a launch vehicle, using a convex approach. In th…
Analysis of 3GM Callisto Gravity Experiment of the JUICE Mission
Mauro Di Benedetto, Paolo Cappuccio, Serena Molli +2
The ESA's JUICE mission will provide a thorough investigation of the Jupiter system and the Galilean moons during its nominal tour, comprising flybys of Europa and Callisto, and an…
Convex Optimization of Launch Vehicle Ascent Trajectory with Heat-Flux and Splash-Down Constraints
Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo +2
This paper presents a convex programming approach to the optimization of a multistage launch vehicle ascent trajectory, from the liftoff to the payload injection into the target or…
Reinforcement Learning for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design of Interplanetary Missions
Alessandro Zavoli, Lorenzo Federici
This paper investigates the use of Reinforcement Learning for the robust design of low-thrust interplanetary trajectories in presence of severe disturbances, modeled alternatively…
EOS: a Parallel, Self-Adaptive, Multi-Population Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Global Optimization
Lorenzo Federici, Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli
This paper presents the main characteristics of the evolutionary optimization code named EOS, Evolutionary Optimization at Sapienza, and its successful application to challenging,…
Convex Optimization of Linear Impulsive Rendezvous
Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli
This note aims at providing a concise and self-contained document that describes a clear and easy-to-understand method, that could be useful for a reader that is approaching the li…
Integrated Optimization of Ascent Trajectory and SRM Design of Multistage Launch Vehicles
Lorenzo Federici, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo +2
This paper presents a methodology for the concurrent first-stage preliminary design and ascent trajectory optimization, with application to a Vega-derived Light Launch Vehicle. The…
GTOC X: Solution Approach of Team Sapienza-PoliTo
Alessandro Zavoli, Lorenzo Federici, Boris Benedikter +2
This paper summarizes the solution approach and the numerical methods developed by the joint team Sapienza University of Rome and Politecnico di Torino (Team Sapienza-PoliTo) in th…
A Time-Dependent TSP Formulation for the Design of an Active Debris Removal Mission using Simulated Annealing
Lorenzo Federici, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo
This paper proposes a formulation of the Active Debris Removal (ADR) Mission Design problem as a modified Time-Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem (TDTSP). The TDTSP is a well-kno…
A Convex Optimization Approach for Finite-Thrust Time-Constrained Cooperative Rendezvous
Boris Benedikter, Alessandro Zavoli, Guido Colasurdo
This paper presents a convex approach to the optimization of a cooperative rendezvous, that is, the problem of two distant spacecraft that simultaneously operate to get closer. Con…