4 papers
Monocular Navigation Relative to Unknown Spacecraft Using a Transformer-Aided Kalman Filter
Pol Francesch Huc, Simone D'Amico
This work presents a novel learning-based pipeline for pose estimation of unknown spacecraft using only monocular images from a single servicer. The approach combines a transformer…
Flight-Ready Precise and Robust Carrier-Phase GNSS Navigation Software for Distributed Space Systems
Samuel Y. W. Low, Toby Bell, Simone D'Amico
This paper presents the full requirements analysis, design, development, and testing of high-precision navigation flight software for Distributed Space Systems (DSS) using Carrier…
Fast Learning of Non-Cooperative Spacecraft 3D Models through Primitive Initialization
Pol Francesch Huc, Emily Bates, Simone D'Amico
The advent of novel view synthesis techniques such as NeRF and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has enabled learning precise 3D models only from posed monocular images. Although these…
Digital and Robotic Twinning for Validation of Proximity Operations and Formation Flying
Z. Ahmed, E. Bates, P. Francesch Huc +5
Spacecraft Rendezvous, Proximity Operations (RPO), and Formation Flying (FF) rely on safety-critical guidance, navigation and control (GNC) that must satisfy stringent performance…