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Double Gravity-Assist Rendezvous Trajectory to Halley's Comet Using Deep-Space Low Thrust
Roberto Flores, Alessandro Beolchi, Chiara Pozzi +4
The perihelion of comet 1P/Halley in 2061 is an excellent chance to revisit this object of outstanding scientific and cultural relevance. During its 1986 approach to the Sun, it wa…
Low-Energy Round-Trip Trajectories to Near-Earth Objects using Low Thrust
Alessandro Beolchi, Mauro Pontani, Kathleen Howell +3
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are attractive exploration targets due to their accessibility, scientific value, and resources. Although trajectory design has revealed efficient pathways…
Low-Energy and Low-Thrust Exploration Tour of Saturnian Moons with Full Lunar Surface Coverage
Chiara Pozzi, Mauro Pontani, Alessandro Beolchi +2
This study presents the trajectory design for a mission touring Saturn's Inner Large Moons (Rhea, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, and Mimas) engineered to meet observational requirements…
Design of a low-thrust gravity-assisted rendezvous trajectory to Halley's comet
Roberto Flores, Alessandro Beolchi, Elena Fantino +4
Comets are the most pristine planetesimals left from the formation of the Solar System. They carry unique information on the materials and the physical processes which led to the p…
Preparing for the 2061 return of Halley's comet -- A rendezvous mission with an innovative imaging system
Cesare Barbieri, Alessandro Beolchi, Ivano Bertini +5
The return of Comet 1P/Halley will promote a wide interest for ground and space observations of a celestial body of outstanding scientific and cultural interest. In addition to rem…
Optimal Low-Thrust Orbit Transfers Connecting Gateway with Earth and Moon
Chiara Pozzi, Mauro Pontani, Alessandro Beolchi +1
Gateway will represent a primary logistic infrastructure in cislunar space. The identification of efficient orbit transfers capable of connecting Earth, Moon, and Gateway paves the…
Multiple-arc optimization of low-thrust earth-moon orbit transfers leveraging implicit costate transformation
Alessandro Beolchi, Mauro Pontani, Chiara Pozzi +1
This work focuses on minimum-time low-thrust orbit transfers from a prescribed low Earth orbit to a specified low lunar orbit. The well-established indirect formulation of minimum-…
Optimization, guidance, and control of low-thrust transfers from the Lunar Gateway to low lunar orbit
Chiara Pozzi, Mauro Pontani, Alessandro Beolchi +1
The Gateway will represent a primary space system useful for the Artemis program, Earth-Moon transportation, and deep space exploration. It is expected to serve as a staging locati…