Review of advanced guidance and control algorithms for space/aerospace vehicles

R Chai, A Tsourdos, A Savvaris, S Chai, Y Xia… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of advanced guidance and control (G&C) systems for space/aerospace vehicles
has received a large amount of attention worldwide during the last few decades and will …

Contraction theory for nonlinear stability analysis and learning-based control: A tutorial overview

H Tsukamoto, SJ Chung, JJE Slotine - Annual Reviews in Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Contraction theory is an analytical tool to study differential dynamics of a non-autonomous
(ie, time-varying) nonlinear system under a contraction metric defined with a uniformly …

Advances in trajectory optimization for space vehicle control

D Malyuta, Y Yu, P Elango, B Açıkmeşe - Annual Reviews in Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Space mission design places a premium on cost and operational efficiency. The
search for new science and life beyond Earth calls for spacecraft that can deliver scientific …

Review of formation flying and constellation missions using nanosatellites

S Bandyopadhyay, R Foust, GP Subramanian… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
SMALL satellites are enabling multisatellite missions that were not otherwise possible
because of their small size and modular nature [1]. Multiple small satellites can be flown …

Model predictive control of swarms of spacecraft using sequential convex programming

D Morgan, SJ Chung, FY Hadaegh - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2014 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents a decentralized, model predictive control algorithm for the optimal
guidance and reconfiguration of swarms of spacecraft composed of hundreds to thousands …

Swarm assignment and trajectory optimization using variable-swarm, distributed auction assignment and sequential convex programming

D Morgan, GP Subramanian… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a distributed, guidance and control algorithm for reconfiguring swarms
composed of hundreds to thousands of agents with limited communication and computation …

Satellite swarm-based antenna arrays for 6G direct-to-cell connectivity

D Tuzi, T Delamotte, A Knopp - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Direct connectivity in L/S frequency bands between satellites and common mobile terrestrial
user equipment (UE), such as smartphones, is an essential feature for future 6G non …

Tracking control of spacecraft formation flying with collision avoidance

Q Hu, H Dong, Y Zhang, G Ma - Aerospace science and technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Study results of developing formation control system for multi-spacecraft that requires
avoiding obstacles and maintaining the formation configuration are presented. In particular …

On development of 100-gram-class spacecraft for swarm applications

FY Hadaegh, SJ Chung… - IEEE Systems Journal, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel space system architecture is proposed, which would enable 100-g-class spacecraft
to be flown as swarms (100 s-1000 s) in low Earth orbit. Swarms of Silicon Wafer Integrated …

Information-based guidance and control architecture for multi-spacecraft on-orbit inspection

YK Nakka, W Hönig, C Choi, A Harvard… - Journal of Guidance …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Inspection or mapping of a target spacecraft in a low Earth orbit using multiple observer
spacecraft in stable passive relative orbits (PROs) is a key enabling technology for future …