Spacecraft Trajectory Design and Optimization
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 13676
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Space has been one of the fields that has attracted public attention for the past few years. Various space missions have been executed or proposed, such as lunar missions, interplanetary missions, asteroid missions, small/cubic satellite missions, debris removal, space situational awareness, and so on. The success of these missions highly relies on trajectory design, navigation, guidance, and control. For small-sized spacecrafts, such as micro-satellites or CubeSats, optimization of trajectory control is even crucial. Novel algorithms and newly developed tools such as artificial intelligence have greatly increased capacities and brought innovated the field. Development, however, brings with it challenging problems to solve.
This Special Issue focuses on the recent advances and novel algorithms of spacecraft-trajectory-related research. Research on the trajectory of small-sized probes or on deep space exploration is encouraged. Authors are invited to submit full research articles and review manuscripts addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Spacecraft trajectory design in deep space missions;
- Navigation, guidance and control of spacecraft trajectory;
- Optimization of spacecraft trajectory control;
- Application of AI to spacecraft trajectory;
- Trajectory design and control of small-sized spacecraft;
- Space situation awareness;
- Continuous low-thrust trajectory;
- Spacecraft trajectory with novel propulsion system;
- Formation flight.
Prof. Fu-yuen Hsiao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Spacecraft trajectory design
- Navigation, guidance, and control of spacecraft trajectory
- Spacecraft trajectory optimization
- Artificial intelligence in spacecraft trajectory
- Deep space missions
- Novel algorithms
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