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High-accuracy Vision-Based Attitude Estimation System for Air-Bearing Spacecraft Simulators
Fabio Ornati, Gianfranco Di Domenico, Paolo Panicucci +1
Air-bearing platforms for simulating the rotational dynamics of satellites require highly precise ground truth systems. Unfortunately, commercial motion capture systems used for th…
Characterization of Singular Arcs in Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
Andrea Carlo Morelli, Carmine Giordano, Riccardo Bonalli +1
Low-thrust engines for interplanetary spacecraft transfers allow cost-effective space missions with flexible launch and arrival dates. To find fuel-optimal trajectories, an optimal…
An Autonomous Vision-Based Algorithm for Interplanetary Navigation
Eleonora Andreis, Paolo Panicucci, Francesco Topputo
The surge of deep-space probes makes it unsustainable to navigate them with standard radiometric tracking. Self-driving interplanetary satellites represent a solution to this probl…
Initial Trajectory Assessment of the RAMSES Mission to (99942) Apophis
Andrea C. Morelli, Alessandra Mannocchi, Carmine Giordano +2
(99942) Apophis is a potentially hazardous asteroid that will closely approach the Earth on April 13, 2029. Although the likelihood of an impact has been ruled out, this close enco…
An Image Processing Pipeline for Autonomous Deep-Space Optical Navigation
Eleonora Andreis, Paolo Panicucci, Francesco Topputo
A new era of space exploration and exploitation is fast approaching. A multitude of spacecraft will flow in the future decades under the propulsive momentum of the new space econom…