Model predictive control for formation reconfiguration exploiting quasi-periodic tori in the cislunar environment

A Capannolo, G Zanotti, M Lavagna, G Cataldo - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Given the numerous possibilities that formation flying space missions can enable, being
able to design and govern relative trajectories in this scenario is fundamental. Particularly …

Cislunar distributed architectures for communication and navigation services of lunar assets

A Pasquale, G Zanotti, J Prinetto, M Ceresoli… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade saw a renewed interest on the Moon as a well suited training premise in
preparation to manned mission to Mars, but also as an interesting target itself, for scientific …

Enhanced autonomy in GNC for spacecraft with limited observability operating in lunar environment

G Zanotti - 2022 - politesi.polimi.it
Abstract Autonomy in spacecraft Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) is an ever-
growing topic in both academic and industrial research, due to the vast possibilities that it …

Quasi-periodic orbital families performance analysis for exoplanets observation by means of telescope-occulter formation flying

G Biagetti - 2021 - politesi.polimi.it
The study of extra-solar planets represents one of the most ambitious goals to be reached in
space science in the near future. Thanks to indirect detection techniques, such as radial …