Advanced Spacecraft/Satellite Technologies
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2024) | Viewed by 19200
Special Issue Editors
Interests: space engineering; space manipulators
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Interests: spacecraft system design; on-board data handling; machine learning for space
Interests: space positioning; navigation & timing (PNT); space situational awareness (SSA)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Space is now considered as the new frontier. The rapid progress of space technologies has led to new applications of satellites for commercial and scientific missions. Missions such as asteroid mining, human space explorations, on-orbit servicing and many others are under development or have been proposed. Consequently, future spacecraft must have the required systems and technologies that would enable future space missions as well as operate in the harsh environment of space reliably and safely. For example, technologies that can provide astronauts with air, water and food are essential for manned missions and interplanetary colonization, and so need to be investigated and developed. Spaceborne robotic autonomous perception and intervention are required for asteroid mining, as well as on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing. At the same time, these missions are pushing the spacecraft technologies to the next level. Such relevant technologies includes, but are not limited to, propulsion, power, thermal management, radiation protection, communication, and high-performance on-board computing in order to support on-board artificial intelligence and onboard data handling.
This Special Issue invites researchers to submit their original research papers on advanced spacecraft/satellite technologies that would make future missions possible. The topics include but are not limited to:
- Attitude dynamics and control;
- Relative pose estimation;
- Advanced propulsion;
- Guidance, navigation and orbit control;
- Life support systems for human space exploration;
- Thermal management;
- Radiation protection;
- Energy harvesting;
- Artificial intelligence for satellites;
- Space robotics;
- Satellite communications;
- Space structure and assembly;
- Command and data handling;
- Space situational awareness.
Dr. Xiaofeng Wu
Dr. Abdul-Halim Jallad
Dr. Yang Yang
Dr. Youngho Eun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radiation protection
- thermal management
- guidance, navigation and control
- space power and propulsion
- space structure
- communication
- life support
- on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing
- artificial intelligence
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