This paper considers the fixed-time translational operation control issue for the spacecraft
rendezvous task with a free-tumbling target. The translation dynamics model of the …

Rendezvous and docking missions have been a mainstay of space exploration from the
Apollo program through present day operations with the International Space Station. There …

An experimental campaign has been conducted to evaluate the performance of two different
guidance and control algorithms on a multi-constrained docking maneuver. The evaluated …

The performance of an inverse dynamics guidance and control strategy is experimentally
evaluated for the planar maneuver of a “chaser” spacecraft docking with a rotating “target.” …

The guidance and control strategy for spacecraft rendezvous and docking are of vital
importance, especially for a chaser spacecraft docking with a rotating target spacecraft …

In this work we study the problem of minimum energy docking maneuvers between two
Floating Spacecraft Simulators. The maneuvers are planar and conducted autonomously in …

This paper investigates the application of the inverse dynamics in the virtual domain method
to Euler angles, quaternions, and modified Rodrigues parameters for rapid optimal attitude …

This work presents an attitude control strategy for Earth-imaging satellites. The proposed
methodology is based on the closed-loop implementation of a direct method and a nonlinear …

This paper presents two different attitude control strategies for a fixed target-tracking remote
sensing CubeSat. In particular, the observation mission profile requires the CubeSat to …

This paper proposes a trajectory planning method based on polynomial shaping, applied to
the docking scenario in the framework of an Active Debris Removal mission. A tumbling …