Computer vision tasks are crucial for aerospace missions as they help spacecraft to
understand and interpret the space environment, such as estimating position and …

This article first defines a class of estimation problem called simultaneous navigation and
characterization (SNAC), which is a superset of simultaneous localization and mapping …

This review paper presents a comprehensive evaluation and forward‐looking perspective
on the underexplored topic of servicing target objects using spacecraft swarms. Such targets …

Abstract A Robotic Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission requires close-proximity
operations for capturing potentially tumbling, uncooperative targets and disposing of them …

The Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment (SWARM-EX) is a
distributed aeronomy instrument consisting of three 3U CubeSats operating in low Earth …

This study aims to assess the autonomous navigation performance of an asteroid orbiter
enhanced using an inter-satellite link to a beacon satellite. Autonomous navigation includes …

Hayabusa2's deployable camera (DCAM3) was deployed from the spacecraft near the
asteroid Ryugu to successfully monitor the artificial cratering experiment. Scientific analyses …

Exploration of small Solar System bodies has traditionally been performed by monolithic
spacecraft carrying several science instruments. However, instruments often cannot be …

Computer vision tasks are crucial for aerospace missions as they help spacecraft to
understand and interpret the space environment, such as estimating position and …

This paper considers the problem of simultaneous navigation and inhomogeneous gravity
estimation around a small body. The available measurements are acquired by an on-board …