This paper presents a collection of analytical formulae that can be used in the long-term
propagation of the motion of a spacecraft subject to low-thrust acceleration and orbital …

This work presents some initial results on a possible low-thrust tour of the main asteroid belt.
The asteroids are visited through a series of fly-by's to be completed within a given time …

Abstract Computational-Analytical Multi-fidElity Low-thrust Optimisation Toolbox (CAMELOT)
is a toolbox for the fast preliminary design and optimisation of low-thrust trajectories. It solves …

Almost two years after the landing of Rosetta's Philae on the comet 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko, the triggered enthusiasm for small planetary bodies has not stagnated …

For low-thrust trajectory designs, indirect optimization methods remain attractive, as they can
guarantee optimality. Previous studies presented many effective ways to overcome the …

DESTINY+ is a medium-class interplanetary mission, selected by the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency for potential launch windows in the first half of 2020s. The mission will …

This paper presents the preliminary mission and science analysis of a new mission concept
for the large scale, low-cost exploration of Near Earth Objects (NEOs). The concept is to …

In this paper, a combinatorial optimisation algorithm inspired by the Physarum
Polycephalum mould is presented and applied to the optimal trajectory planning of a …

Solar sailing is the use of a thin and lightweight membrane to reflect sunlight and obtain a
thrust force on the spacecraft. That is, a sailcraft has a potentially-infinite specific impulse …

The paper deals with the design of the optimal multiple gravity assist trajectories. An
improved search algorithm named EP_DE II with search space exploration, principal …