Airbus has been developing a mission and chaser concept for capturing and deorbiting the
defunct Envisat satellite with different partners in the frame of ESA studies (e. Deorbit …

In this letter we design a novel control strategy for a space manipulator operating on a
controlled base. The proposed controllers resolve the tracking of the end-effector and the …

This paper presents a robotic capture concept that was developed as part of the e. deorbit
study by ESA. The defective and tumbling satellite ENVISAT was chosen as a potential …

This work presents the development of the navigation and control subsystems of a guidance,
navigation and control (GNC) system for controlling an autonomous satellite, called chaser …

The GNC architecture presented in this paper has been developed in the frame of e. Deorbit
phase B1. The architecture is dedicated to approach and capture the uncooperative target …

In this paper, we propose a detumbling strategy that stabilizes the motion of a tumbling client
satellite using an orbital servicing manipulator, which is the goal of the post-grasp phase …

In this paper we address the problem of controlling a robotic system mounted on an actuated
floating base for space applications. In particular, we investigate the stability issues due to …

With the development of space technology, deep learning methods, with their excellent
generalization ability, are increasingly applied in various space activities. The space object …

Space robotics provides a reliable solution to accomplish manipulation tasks in orbit without
the presence of astronauts, an endeavor that is both dangerous and costly. A particular field …

A servicer spacecraft equipped with robotic manipulators is a key technology for space
debris removal and on-orbit servicing missions. The servicer is a composite system …