Simone D'Amico
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Geophysics
Bio
Simone D’Amico is Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AA), W.M. Keck Faculty Scholar in the School of Engineering, and Professor of Geophysics (by Courtesy). He is the Founding Director of the Space Rendezvous Laboratory and Director of the AA Undergraduate Program. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Politecnico di Milano (2003) and the Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology (2010). Before Stanford, Dr. D’Amico was research scientist and team leader at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for 11 years. There he gave key contributions to formation-flying and proximity operations missions such as GRACE (NASA/DLR), PRISMA (OHB/DLR/CNES/DTU), TanDEM-X (DLR), BIROS (DLR) and PROBA-3 (ESA). His research aims at enabling future miniature distributed space systems for unprecedented remote sensing, space and planetary science, exploration and spaceflight sustainability. To this end he performs fundamental and applied research at the intersection of advanced astrodynamics, spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), autonomy, decision making and space system engineering. Dr. D’Amico is institutional PI of three upcoming autonomous satellite swarm missions funded by NASA and NSF, namely STARLING, VISORS, and SWARM-EX. He is Fellow of AAS, Associate Fellow of AIAA, Associate Editor of AIAA JGCD, Advisor of NASA and several space startups. He was the recipient of several awards, including Best Paper Awards at IAF (2022), IEEE (2021), AIAA (2021), AAS (2019) conferences, the Leonardo 500 Award by the Leonardo da Vinci Society/ISSNAF (2019), FAI/NAA’s Group Diploma of Honor (2018), DLR’s Sabbatical/Forschungssemester (2012) and Wissenschaft Preis (2006), and NASA’s Group Achievement Award for the GRACE mission (2004).
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Associate Professor (By courtesy), Geophysics
Honors & Awards
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NASA Group Achievement Award for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (04/01/2004)
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DLR's Wissenschaft Preis 2006 (Science Award), German Aerospace Center (11/01/2006)
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Excellent Reviewer for the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (10/01/2007 - 09/01/2008)
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First Class Award of the IAF 5th International Workshop on Constellations and Formation Flying, International Astronautical Federation (07/01/2008)
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Associate Member of the System Engineering Honor Society, Omega Alpha Association (12/01/2010)
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DLR's Besondere Auszeichnung 2010 for the TanDEM-X Project Team, German Aerospace Center (03/01/2011)
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Excellent Reviewer for the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (10/01/2011 - 09/01/2012)
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DLR's Award for PRISMA Science Team, German Aerospace Center (12/01/2011)
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DLR's Forschungssemester (Sabbatical), German Aerospace Center (09/01/2012 - 12/01/2012)
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Excellent Reviewer for the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (10/01/2012 - 09/01/2013)
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Terman Faculty Fellowship, Stanford School of Engineering (12/01/2013 - 11/30/2016)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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International Program Committee Member, International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF) (2013 - Present)
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Chairman and Organizer, 5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies (SFFMT) (2011 - 2013)
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Program Committee Member, International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies (SFFMT) (2008 - Present)
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Co-Chair, International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies (SFFMT) (2008 - Present)
Professional Education
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PhD, Technical University of Delft (The Netherlands), Aerospace Engineering (2010)
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BS and MS, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Aerospace Engineering (2003)
2024-25 Courses
- Control of Distributed Space Systems
AA 279D (Spr) - Space Flight
AA 131 (Aut) - Space Mechanics
AA 279A (Win) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
AA 190 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Independent Study in Aero/Astro
AA 199 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Practical Training
AA 291 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Problems in Aero/Astro
AA 290 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Space Flight
AA 131 (Aut) - Space Mechanics
AA 279A (Win) - Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control
AA 279C (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Dynamics, Navigation, and Control of Distributed Space Systems
AA 279D (Spr) - Space Flight
AA 131 (Aut) - Space Mechanics
AA 279A (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Space Flight
AA 131 (Aut) - Space Mechanics
AA 279A (Win)
- Space Flight
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Keidai Iiyama, Zixi Liu -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Tommaso Guffanti, Justin Kruger -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Zahra Ahmed, Emily Bates, Toby Bell, Pol Francesch Huc, Matthew Hunter, Samuel Low, Shane Lowe, Walter Manuel, Mason Murray-Cooper, Yuji Takubo -
Master's Program Advisor
Tycho Bogdanowitsch, Michael Buchar, Alexandre Carlhammar, Arun Chandler, Charlie Gordon, Anna Hylbert, Anna Katharina Sulzer, Luke Virsik, Gregory Zin, Pauline de la HOGUE MORAN-BOULLOCHE-BR -
Doctoral (Program)
Ethan Foss, Ian Fu
All Publications
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Robust multi-task learning and online refinement for spacecraft pose estimation across domain gap
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
2024; 73 (11): 5726-5740
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.03.036
View details for Web of Science ID 001235286500001
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Fast angles-only relative navigation using polynomial dynamics
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
2024; 73 (11): 5484-5500
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.043
View details for Web of Science ID 001233777300001
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Observability analysis and optimization for angles-only navigation of distributed space systems
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
2024; 73 (11): 5464-5483
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.08.055
View details for Web of Science ID 001235285600001
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RELATIVE NAVIGATION AND POINTING ERROR BUDGET FOR AN X-RAY ASTRONOMY FORMATION-FLYING MISSION
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. 2024: 1433-1445
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-51928-4_78
View details for Web of Science ID 001267355100076
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CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE VISORS MISSION: A TWO SATELLITE CUBESAT FORMATION FLYING TELESCOPE
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. 2024: 1209-1233
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-51928-4_67
View details for Web of Science ID 001267355100065
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Autonomous Asteroid Characterization Through Nanosatellite Swarming
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
2023; 59 (4): 4604-4624
View details for DOI 10.1109/TAES.2023.3245997
View details for Web of Science ID 001046540800084
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Adaptive Neural-Network-Based Unscented Kalman Filter for Robust Pose Tracking of Noncooperative Spacecraft
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G007387
View details for Web of Science ID 001025856100001
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Starling Formation-Flying Optical Experiment (StarFOX): System Design and Preflight Verification
JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS
2023
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.A35598
View details for Web of Science ID 001019324600001
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Leveraging neural network uncertainty in adaptive unscented Kalman Filter for spacecraft pose estimation
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
2023; 71 (12): 5061-5082
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.02.021
View details for Web of Science ID 001007564600001
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Formation Flying Orbit and Control Concept for Virtual Super Optics Reconfigurable Swarm Mission
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G007334
View details for Web of Science ID 001004021900001
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Passively Safe and Robust Multi-Agent Optimal Control with Application to Distributed Space Systems
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G007207
View details for Web of Science ID 000993610800001
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Satellite Pose Estimation Competition 2021: Results and Analyses
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2023; 204: 640-665
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.01.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000953154100001
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Analytical process noise covariance modeling for absolute and relative orbits
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2022; 194: 34-47
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.01.020
View details for Web of Science ID 000780421200004
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Astrostationary orbits for hybrid space and ground-based observatories
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2022; 8 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014004
View details for Web of Science ID 000780829700029
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Robust Passively Safe Spacecraft Swarming via Closed-form and Optimization-based Control Approaches
IEEE. 2022: 416-423
View details for Web of Science ID 000865458700056
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Autonomous angles-only multitarget tracking for spacecraft swarms
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2021; 189: 514-529
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.08.049
View details for Web of Science ID 000703817900045
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Safe, Delta-v-Efficient Spacecraft Swarm Reconfiguration Using Lyapunov Stability and Artificial Potentials
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2021
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G006253
View details for Web of Science ID 000721721900001
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Adaptive and Dynamically Constrained Process Noise Estimation for Orbit Determination.
IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems
2021; 57 (5): 2920-2937
Abstract
This paper introduces two new algorithms to accurately estimate the process noise covariance of a discrete-time Kalman filter online for robust orbit determination in the presence of dynamics model uncertainties. Common orbit determination process noise techniques, such as state noise compensation and dynamic model compensation, require offline tuning and a priori knowledge of the dynamical environment. Alternatively, the process noise covariance can be estimated through adaptive filtering. However, many adaptive filtering techniques are not applicable to onboard orbit determination due to computational cost or the assumption of a linear time-invariant system. Furthermore, existing adaptive filtering techniques do not constrain the process noise covariance according to the underlying continuous-time dynamical model, and there has been limited work on adaptive filtering with colored process noise. To overcome these limitations, a novel approach is developed which optimally fuses state noise compensation and dynamic model compensation with covariance matching adaptive filtering. This yields two adaptive and dynamically constrained process noise covariance estimation techniques. Unlike many adaptive filtering approaches, the new techniques accurately extrapolate over measurement outages and do not rely on ad hoc methods to ensure the process noise covariance is positive semi-definite. The benefits of the proposed algorithms are demonstrated through two case studies: an illustrative linear system and the autonomous navigation of two spacecraft orbiting an asteroid.
View details for DOI 10.1109/taes.2021.3074205
View details for PubMedID 34720172
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Fast Algorithm for Fuel-Optimal Impulsive Control of Linear Systems With Time-Varying Cost
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
2021; 66 (9): 4029-4042
View details for DOI 10.1109/TAC.2020.3027804
View details for Web of Science ID 000690441100013
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Generalized Angles-Only Navigation Architecture for Autonomous Distributed Space Systems
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2021; 44 (6): 1087-1105
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G005439
View details for Web of Science ID 000651426000001
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Spacecraft swarm dynamics and control about asteroids
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
2021; 67 (11): 3426-3443
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.037
View details for Web of Science ID 000646300300005
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Optimal spacecraft swarm reconfiguration through chief orbit refinement
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2021; 183: 162-175
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.03.011
View details for Web of Science ID 000666595000016
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Exoplanet imaging scheduling optimization for an orbiting starshade working with Extremely Large Telescopes
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2021; 7 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021213
View details for Web of Science ID 000674834700016
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Starshade rendezvous: exoplanet sensitivity and observing strategy
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2021; 7 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021210
View details for Web of Science ID 000674834700013
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Starshade Rendezvous: exoplanet orbit constraints from multi-epoch direct imaging
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2021; 7 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021219
View details for Web of Science ID 000674834700022
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Using a Virtual Chief to Minimize Delta-v for Satellite Swarm Maintenance in Eccentric Orbits
IEEE. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438535
View details for Web of Science ID 000681710104022
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ARTMS: Enabling Autonomous Distributed Angles-Only Orbit Estimation for Spacecraft Swarms
IEEE. 2021: 4282-4289
View details for Web of Science ID 000702263304059
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Optimal Spacecraft Orbit Design for Inertial Alignment with Ground Telescopes
IEEE. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438223
View details for Web of Science ID 000681710100092
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Autonomous Angles-Only Navigation for Spacecraft Swarms around Planetary Bodies
IEEE. 2021
View details for Web of Science ID 000681710102033
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Precise Real-Time Relative Orbit Determination for Large-Baseline Formations Using GNSS
INST NAVIGATION. 2021: 366-384
View details for DOI 10.33012/2021.17839
View details for Web of Science ID 000671019900030
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Closed-Form Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Formations Using Reachable Set Theory
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS. 2021: 25–44
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G005218
View details for Web of Science ID 000599757300004
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Neural Network-Based Pose Estimation for Noncooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
2020; 56 (6): 4638–58
View details for DOI 10.1109/TAES.2020.2999148
View details for Web of Science ID 000597751100035
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Satellite Pose Estimation Challenge: Dataset, Competition Design, and Results
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
2020; 56 (5): 4083–98
View details for DOI 10.1109/TAES.2020.2989063
View details for Web of Science ID 000578773300050
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Distributed multi-GNSS timing and localization for nanosatellites
NAVIGATION-JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
2019; 66 (4): 729–46
View details for DOI 10.1002/navi.337
View details for Web of Science ID 000507100800005
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Formation Design of Distributed Telescopes in Earth Orbit for Astrophysics Applications
JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS
2019; 56 (5): 1462–77
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.A34420
View details for Web of Science ID 000489334400016
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Linear Models for Spacecraft Relative Motion Perturbed by Solar Radiation Pressure
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2019; 42 (9): 1962–81
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G002822
View details for Web of Science ID 000482388100005
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Variable-Magnification Optical Stimulator for Training and Validation of Spaceborne Vision-Based Navigation
JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS
2019; 56 (4): 1060–72
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.A34337
View details for Web of Science ID 000476682700009
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POSE ESTIMATION FOR NON-COOPERATIVE SPACECRAFT RENDEZVOUS USING NEURAL NETWORKS
UNIVELT INC. 2019: 3527–46
View details for Web of Science ID 000497002201079
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Polar Orbiting Infrared Tracking Receiver (POINTR)
IEEE. 2019
View details for Web of Science ID 000481648201027
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AUTONOMOUS SWARMING FOR SIMULTANEOUS NAVIGATION AND ASTEROID CHARACTERIZATION
UNIVELT INC. 2019: 3723–52
View details for Web of Science ID 000485088501107
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CLOSED-FORM OPTIMAL IMPULSIVE CONTROL OF SPACECRAFT FORMATIONS USING REACHABLE SET THEORY
UNIVELT INC. 2019: 3199–3223
View details for Web of Science ID 000485088501077
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ANGLES-ONLY NAVIGATION FOR AUTONOMOUS ON-ORBIT SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS APPLICATIONS
UNIVELT INC. 2019: 2455–80
View details for Web of Science ID 000485088501033
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SECOND-ORDER ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR RELATIVE MOTION ON ARBITRARILY ECCENTRIC ORBITS
UNIVELT INC. 2019: 3547–69
View details for Web of Science ID 000497002201080
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Analytical approach to spacecraft formation-flying with low-thrust relative spiral trajectories
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 2018: 175–90
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.02.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000454377400020
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Safe spacecraft swarm deployment and acquisition in perturbed near-circular orbits subject to operational constraints
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 2018: 297–310
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.01.037
View details for Web of Science ID 000454377400029
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Robust and Safe N-Spacecraft Swarming in Perturbed Near-Circular Orbits
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2018; 41 (8): 1643–62
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G003249
View details for Web of Science ID 000438876000001
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New Closed-Form Solutions for Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS. 2018: 301–19
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G002848
View details for Web of Science ID 000422655800001
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Two-Stage Attitude Control for Direct Imaging of Exoplanets with a CubeSat Telescope
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2018
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2314233
View details for Web of Science ID 000450864600054
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Integration Constants as State Variables for Optimal Path Planning
IEEE. 2018: 3197–3202
View details for Web of Science ID 000467725303038
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Pose Estimation for Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous Using Convolutional Neural Networks
IEEE. 2018
View details for Web of Science ID 000474397400056
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Development of the Stanford GNSS Navigation Testbed for Distributed Space Systems
INST NAVIGATION. 2018: 837–56
View details for Web of Science ID 000436563900062
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Nonlinear Kalman Filtering for Improved Angles-Only Navigation Using Relative Orbital Elements
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2017; 40 (9): 2183–2200
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G002719
View details for Web of Science ID 000408004100005
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CONSTRAINED LOW-THRUST SATELLITE FORMATION-FLYING USING RELATIVE ORBIT ELEMENTS
UNIVELT INC. 2017: 3563–83
View details for Web of Science ID 000433401100211
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ADAPTIVE FILTERING FOR MANEUVER-FREE ANGLES-ONLY NAVIGATION IN ECCENTRIC ORBITS
UNIVELT INC. 2017: 1015–38
View details for Web of Science ID 000433401100060
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LONG-TERM ANALYTICAL PROPAGATION OF SATELLITE RELATIVE MOTION IN PERTURBED ORBITS
UNIVELT INC. 2017: 2387–2417
View details for Web of Science ID 000433401100141
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Comparative assessment of techniques for initial pose estimation using monocular vision
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2016; 123: 435-445
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.12.032
View details for Web of Science ID 000384626700047
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Safe Picosatellite Release from a Small Satellite Carrier
JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS
2015; 52 (5): 1338-1347
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.A33036
View details for Web of Science ID 000361845400007
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Impulsive Maneuvers for Formation Reconfiguration Using Relative Orbital Elements
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2015; 38 (6): 1036-1049
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.G000189
View details for Web of Science ID 000354615900005
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Angles-Only Navigation to a Noncooperative Satellite Using Relative Orbital Elements
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS. 2014: 439–51
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.61494
View details for Web of Science ID 000336772900008
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Noncooperative Rendezvous Using Angles-Only Optical Navigation: System Design and Flight Results
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2013; 36 (6): 1576-1595
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.59236
View details for Web of Science ID 000331369400002
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GPS-based relative navigation for the Proba-3 formation flying mission
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
2013; 91: 341-355
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.06.025
View details for Web of Science ID 000323585800036
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Flight Results of Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on PRISMA Mission
22nd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS. 2013: 662–74
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.A32347
View details for Web of Science ID 000320091200016
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Autonomous formation flying based on GPS - PRISMA flight results
6th International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying (IWSCFF)
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 2013: 69–79
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.033
View details for Web of Science ID 000312629000009
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Noncooperative Rendezvous using Angles-only Optical Navigation: System Design and Flight Results
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
2013; 36 (6): 1576-1595
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.59236
- FFRF and GPS sensor fusion for relative navigation of formation flying satellites 5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2013
- Generalized Multi-Impulsive Maneuvers for Optimum Spacecraft Rendezvous 5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2013
- Pose Estimation of an Uncooperative Spacecraft from Actual Space Imagery 5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2013
- Combined Autonomous Absolute and Relative Orbit Control in Low Earth Orbit 5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2013
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PRISMA
Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring
Springer Space Technology Library. 2013: 599–637
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_21
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GPS Based Relative Navigation
Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring
Springer Space Technology Library. 2013: 185–223
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_5
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Spaceborne Autonomous Formation-Flying Experiment on the PRISMA Mission
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS. 2012: 834–50
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.55638
View details for Web of Science ID 000303904600013
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THE PRISMA FORMATION FLYING DEMONSTRATOR: OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE NOMINAL MISSION
35th Annual AAS Rocky Mountain Section Guidance and Control Conference
UNIVELT INC. 2012: 441–460
View details for Web of Science ID 000321807500029
- Precise Autonomous Orbit Control in Low Earth Orbit AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2012
- Angles-only Navigation to a Non-Cooperative Satellite using Relative Orbital Elements AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2012
- Final Commissioning of the PRISMA GPS Navigation System Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Sciences and Applications 2012; 4 (3): 104-118
- Flight Demonstration of Non-Cooperative Rendezvous using Optical Navigation 23rd International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2012
- Navigation and Control of the PRISMA Formation: In-Orbit Experience Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation 2012; 2 (5): 312-320
- GPS-Based Relative Navigation for the PROBA-3 Formation Flying Mission 63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012
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FLIGHT RESULTS OF THE PRECISE AUTONOMOUS ORBIT KEEPING EXPERIMENT ON THE PRISMA MISSION
22nd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
UNIVELT INC. 2012: 1103–1122
View details for Web of Science ID 000308787200070
- Final Commissioning of the PRISMA GPS Navigation System 22nd International Symposium on Spaceflight Dynamics 2011
- Proximity Operations of On-Orbit Servicing Spacecraft using an Eccentricity/Inclination Vector Separation 22nd International Symposium on Spaceflight Dynamics 2011
- GPS Navigation Based Proximity Operations by the PRISMA Satellites - Flight Results 4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2011
- Navigation and Control of the PRISMA Formation: In-Orbit Experience 18th IFAC World Congress 2011
- Formation Flying Testbed at DLR's German Space Operations Center 8th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems 2011
- In-Flight Demonstration of Formation Control based on Relative Orbital Elements 4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2011
- Operation Concept of the Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission 8th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation 2011
- Spaceborne Autonomous Formation Flying Experiment on the PRISMA Mission AIAA Guidance, Navigation & Control Conference 2011
- Early Flight Results from the TanDEM-X Autonomous Formation Flying System 4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2011
- Autonomous Formation Flying in LEO - Seven months of routine formation flying with frequent reconfigurations 4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies 2011
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Relative Control of a Virtual Telescope Using Global Positioning System and Optical Metrology
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2010; 33 (4): 1281-1287
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.48287
View details for Web of Science ID 000279889400023
- GPS-Based Spaceborne Autonomous Formation Flying Experiment (SAFE) on PRISMA: Initial Commissioning AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2010
- Flight Results from the PRISMA GPS-Based Navigation 5th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies, NAVITEC'2010 2010
- Autonomous Navigation and Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft on the PRISMA Mission 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010
- Hardware-in-the-loop Multi-satellite Simulator for Proximity Operations 11th Int. WS on Simulation & EGSE facilities for Space Programmes; SESP 2010 2010
- Flight Results from PRISMA Formation Flying and Rendezvous Demonstration Mission 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010
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Functional and Performance Validation of the PRISMA Precise Orbit Determination Facility
2010 International Technical Meeting of the Institute-of-Navigation
INST NAVIGATION. 2010: 490–500
View details for Web of Science ID 000280139100055
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Differential GPS: An Enabling Technology for Formation Flying Satellites
7th IAA International Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 2010: 457–465
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03501-2_43
View details for Web of Science ID 000276821000043
- PRISMA - Formation Flying Project Close to Launch Small Satellites Systems and Services - The 4S Symposium 2010
- Autonomous Formation Flying Based on GPS - PRISMA Flight Results 6th International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying 2010
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Spaceborne Autonomous Relative Control System for Dual Satellite Formations
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2009; 32 (6): 1859-1870
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.42855
View details for Web of Science ID 000272366900014
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Navigation of Formation Flying Spacecraft using GPS: the PRISMA Technology Demonstration
22nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute-of-Navigation (ION GNSS-09)
INST NAVIGATION. 2009: 1427–1441
View details for Web of Science ID 000284356201047
- Differential GPS: An Enabling Technology for Formation Flying Satellites 7th IAA Symposium on Small Satellite for Earth Observation 2009
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OPTIMAL AUTONOMOUS ORBIT CONTROL OF REMOTE SENSING SPACECRAFT
AAS/AIAA 19th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
UNIVELT INC. 2009: 949–967
View details for Web of Science ID 000276394400057
- Relative Orbit Control of a Virtual Telescope in an Eccentric Orbit 21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2009
- PRISMA Relative Orbit Determination using GPS Measurements 21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2009
- Autonomous Formation Keeping and Reconfiguration for Remote Sensing Spacecraft 21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2009
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The Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission
JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCES
2008; 56 (4): 477-494
View details for Web of Science ID 000273212300002
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Navigation and Control of the TanDEM-X Formation
Symposium Honoring Byron Tapley's 50 Years of Contributions
AMER ASTRONAUTICAL SOC. 2008: 341–57
View details for Web of Science ID 000270471200006
- Hardware-in-the-loop Demonstration of GPS-Based Autonomous Formation Flying 4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technology, NAVITEC'2008 2008
- GPS-Based Relative Navigation during the Separation Sequence of the PRISMA Mission AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference 2008
- Autonomous Formation Flying - TanDEM-X, PRISMA and Beyond 5th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying 2008
- TanDEM-X Autonomous Formation Flying System 3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying, Missions and Technology 2008
- Offline and Hardware-in-the-loop Validation of the GPS-based Real-Time Navigation System for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission 3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying, Missions and Technology 2008
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The precise autonomous orbit keeping experiment on the prisma formation flying mission
AAS/AIAA 18th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
UNIVELT INC. 2008: 1679–1694
View details for Web of Science ID 000258397800104
- Cross-Validation of GPS and FFRF-Based Relative Navigation for the PRISMA Mission 4th ESA Workshop on Satelliate Navigation User Equipment Technology, NAVITEC'2008 2008
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Autonomous formation flying for the PRISMA mission
AAS/AIAA 16th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT. 2007: 671–81
View details for DOI 10.2514/1.23015
View details for Web of Science ID 000247262000019
- Spaceborne Autonomous and Ground Based Relative Orbit Control for the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Formation 20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2007
- Autonomous Formation Flying at DLR's German Space Operations Center (GSOC) 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007
- First In-orbit Experience of TerraSAR-X Flight Dynamics Operations 20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2007
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E/I-vector separation for safe switching of the GRACE formation
AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2006; 10 (7): 628-635
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ast.2006.04.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000241577500009
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Proximity operations of formation-flying spacecraft using an eccentricity/inclination vector separation
JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
2006; 29 (3): 554-563
View details for Web of Science ID 000237486300006
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Interferometric baseline performance estimations for multistatic synthetic aperture radar configurations derived from GRACE GPS observations
JOURNAL OF GEODESY
2006; 80 (1): 28-39
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00190-006-0027-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000236843700003
- Next Generation GNSS for Navigation of Future SAR Constellations 57th International Astronautical Congress 2006
- GPS-Based Real-Time Navigation for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission 3rd ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technology, NAVITEC'2006 2006
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Autonomous satellite formation flying for the PRISMA technology demonstration mission
AAS/AIAA 16th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
UNIVELT INC. 2006: 331–342
View details for Web of Science ID 000241723500020
- Relative Orbit Control Design for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006
- Evaluating interferometric baseline performance in a close formation flight by using relative GRACE GPS navigation solutions 19th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics 2006
- The TanDEM-X Mission Design and Data Acquisition Plan 6th European Conference on Synthectic Aperture Radar 2006
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Formation flying concept for close remote sensing satellites
AAS/AIAA 15th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
UNIVELT INC. 2005: 831–848
View details for Web of Science ID 000231281700049
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Impact of orbit prediction accuracy on low earth remote sensing flight dynamics operations
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics
ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC. 2004: 73–78
View details for Web of Science ID 000228033000012
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Generation of an optimum target trajectory for the TerraSAR-X repeat observation satellite
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics
ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC. 2004: 137–142
View details for Web of Science ID 000228033000022
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Precise ground-in-the-loop orbit control for low earth observation satellites
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics
ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC. 2004: 333–338
View details for Web of Science ID 000228033000053
- The GRACE Formation: Science Mode Pointing Performance Analysis 3rd International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formations 2003