ESA GNC Conference Papers Repository

Spacecraft Flexible Attitude Dynamics Modeling for Accurate Control Design

Claudio Angelone, Emanuele Paolini, Michele Lavagna

Design of the Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control Software Functions for Impulsive Manoeuvre Execution on the Coronagraph Spacecraft of the Proba-3 Mission

Pamela Woo, Ludwik A. Sobiesiak, Jean-Francois Hamel, Damien Galano, Jonathan Grzymisch

Application of Micro-Thrusters for Space Observatory Precision Attitude Control

Aron Wolf, Cornelius J. Dennehy, Andy Wu, Richard Y. Chiang

ALINA Moon Lander GNC - Architecture, Design and Test Results

Matthias Winter, Hans Kruger, Stefano Fari, Jose Luis Redondo Gutierrez, Bronislovas Razgus, Svenja Woicke, David Seelbinder, Calum Hervieu, Adriaen van Camp, Willem Magalhaes Oliveira, Marco Solari, Andreas Wenzel, Stephan Theil, Bolko Maass, Marco Sagli

Docking via Fusion of Monocular Vision-Based Systems

Helia Sharif, Michael Suppa

Guidance, Navigation and Control for Asteroid Orbit Station-Keeping with In-Situ Gravity Estimation

Julio Cesar Sanchez, Rafael Vazquez, James D. Biggs, Franco Bernelli-Zazzera

Towards a Scalable Technology for Albedo Insensitive Sun Sensors in Silicon Carbide

Joost Romijn, S. Vollebregt, G. Q. Zhang, P. M. Sarro

Space Rider: TAEM GNC, Focusing on TAEM Hybrid Navigation of the Future European Reusable Space Transportation System

Cristina Recupero, A. Fabrizi, M. Kerr, P. Rosa , F. Cacciatore, A. Pagano

Highly Efficient Damping System for Structural Resonances of Flywheel Masses in Reaction Wheels

Isabell Mueller, Markus Ehinger

Study of an Orbital Transition Scenario to NRHO Considering Rendezvous of Two Spacecraft

Yuki Matsumoto, Toru Yamamoto, Satoshi Ueda, Daisuke Goto

Simulating infrared Images of Asteroids and the Lunar Surface in Real-Time for Testing Future Missions

Iain Martin, Martin Dunstan, Manuel Sanchez Gestido

Image Simulation for Space Applications with the SurRender Software

Jeremy Lebreton, Roland Brochard, Matthieu Baudry, Gregory Jonniaux, Adrien Hadj Salah, Keyvan Kanani, Matthieu Le Goff, Aurore Masson, Nicolas Ollagnier, Paolo Panicucci, Amsha Proag, Cyril Robin

Uncertainty Propagation in Approach Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems Using Differential Algebra

Kostas Konstantinidis, Dario Izzo

Batch Orbit Determination Comparison for Geostationary Satellites

Abdulkadir Koker, Seda Aydin, Enes Dag, Umit Cezmi Yilmaz, Cemal Sakaci, Ozan Tekinalp

Autonomous Rendezvous GNC System Development - Overview and Recent Advances

Ksenia Klionovska, H. Frei, F. Rems, E.-A. Risse, M. Burri

REVLANGNC: Terminal Entry and Landing GNC Flight Demonstrator for Re-Usable Re-Entry Vehicles

Alina Ionita, Andrei Cojocaru, Andrei Tarabic, Ionut Grozea, Gabriele De Zaiacomo, Luis Garcia Basabe, Paulo Rosa, Celia Yabar Valles, Elio Zaccagnino

Qualification Results of the Honeywell 3-Axis HG4934 Space Rate Sensor

Donald Horkheimer, Jon Shick

P4COM: ESA Pointing Error Engineering for Telecommunication Missions

Marc Hirth, Thomas Ott, Nicolas Deslaef , Benedicte Girouart, Torsten Vogel, Martin Closs, Jennifer Campuzano San Miguel, Nicola Guercio , Nicolas Mosson, Nils Neumann

Development of High-Precision GPSR Applicable to GEO and GTO-to-GEO Transfer

Ryo Harada, Masaru Kasahara, Satoko Kawakami, Susumu Kumagai, Yu Nakajima, Toru Yamamoto, Naoki, Miyashita, Kyoji Shintate, Takushi Sakamoto, Takehiro Matsumoto

High Performance Control System architecture with an Output Regulation Theory-based Controller and Two-Stage Optimal Observer for the Fine Pointing of Large Scientific Satellites

Valerio Fogliano, Matteo Zanzi

Validation of Astrix 1090a IMU for Interplanetary and Landing Missions

Steve Masson, P. Loubieres, G. Cros, A. Dupuis, O. Pouzargues, Jean-Jacques Bonnefois, Saloomeh Shariati, Christophe Ollivier

Performance Assessment of a Multispectral Sensor for Relative Navigation

Nicola Guercio, V. Dubanchet, T. Weigel, A. Fiengo, J.I. Bravo, P. Rosa, M. Sanchez Gestido

EROSS Project - GNC architecture Design for an Autonomous Robotic On-Orbit Servicing

Vincent Dubanchet, P. Lopez Negro, D. Casu, J.A. Bejar Romero, S. Torralbo Dezainde, M. Alon

BOLERO: Multi Constellation GNSS on-Board Navigation Library: Presentation and Performances

Nicolas Delong, Pierre Guerin

JUICE Navigation Camera Design

Frederic Gorog, Thomas Chassagne, Olivier Simmandoux, Sebastien Dervaux Daniele Gherardi

AOCS Support for Optical Communication Experiments with the Small Satellite BIROS

Thomas Terzibaschian, C. Raschke, W. B?rwald, A. Lauterbach, O. Maibaum, F. Schrandt, C. Schultz

In-Orbit Experiences with the Spin Stabilized Attitude Control System of Eu:CROPIS

Ansgar Heidecker, Markus Schlotterer

Aeolus Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem in-Flight Performance

Andrew Davies, Patrick Chapman, Andrew Hyslop

Autonomous Moon Landing Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Development and Validation

Ludwik A. Sobiesiak, Jean-Francois Hamel, Sandro Papais, Amr Nagaty, Maxime Minville, David Neveu

Advanced Navigation Techniques for Pinpoint Landing

David Esteves, T. Hormigo, J. Oliveira, F. Camara, O. Dubois-Matra

Development, Tests and Results of Onboard Image Processing for JUICE

Gregory Jonniaux, Pascal Regnier, Roland Brochard, Matthieu Le-Goff, Jeremy Lebreton, Daniele Gherardi

Real-Time Combined Control for Active Debris Removal for a Satellite with a Robot arm Implemented on a SBC Connected to a Detailed Multi-Physics and VR Simulation

Matthias Reiner

Critical GNC Aspects for ADR Missions

Joao Branco, P. Colmenarejo, P. Serra, P. Lourenco, T. Peters, M. Mammarella

Results of the COMRADE Project: Combined Control for Robotic Spacecraft and Manipulator in Servicing Missions: Active Debris Removal and Re-Fuelling

Pablo Colmenarejo, Nuno Santos, Pedro Serra, Juergen Telaar, Hans Strauch, Marco De Stefano, Alessandro Massimo Giordano, Hrishik Mishra, Roberto Lampariello, Christian Ott, David Henry, Gianfranco Visentin

EROSS Project - Coordinated Control Architecture of a Space Robot for Capture and Servicing Operations

Vincent Dubanchet, P. Lopez Negro, D. Casu, A. Giovannini, G. Rekleitis, K. Nanos, I. S. Paraskevas, E. Papadopoulos

Modelling and Attitude Control Design for Autonomous In-Orbit

Christelle Cumer, Mathieu Rognant, Jean-Marc Biannic, Clement Roos

Closed-Loop Guidance for Low-Thrust Interplanetary Trajectories Using Convex Programming

Christian Hofmann, Francesco Topputo

Investigation of Multi-Body/Multi-Actuator Modeling Techniques for Applicability to Future Space Observation Missions

Alison Ponche, Andres Marcos, Thomas Ott, Alexander Schleicher

The LISA DFACS: Overview of the Control Design Activities for the Drag-Free Mode

Simone Vidano, Carlo Novara, Jonathan Grzymisch, Michele Pagone

LICIA GNC Baseline for DART-Didymoon Impact Tracking

Andrea Capannolo, Giovanni Zanotti, Michele Lavagna

Mars Sample Return - Test Campaign for Near Range Image Processing on European Proximity Operations Simulator

Matthias Burri, H. Frei, F. Rems, K. Klionovska, E. Risse, K. Kanani, A. Masson, A. Falcoz

GNC Design for Rendezvous Autonomous Cubesats Experiment (RACE) Mission

Ambroise Bidaux-Sokolowski, Marcin Klak, Pawel Kicman

A LISA Mission Simulation Environment: TAS Numes Simulator Framework a Powerful Tool for Future Missions

Sabrina Dionisio, S. Cesare, F. Basile, L. Garin

Automatic Code Generation of GNC Software for Spacebus Neo

Pierre Dandre, Michel Chevallier, Pablo Lopez Negro, Tiago Grossinho

Independent V&V of the Exomars 2022 Cruise GNC, through Analytical Techniques, Simulation-based Analyses and Tests

Cristina Recupero, N. Silva, A. Pagano

SmallGEO Product Line Flatsat - a Powerful Tool for AOCS Verification

Andre Brito, Stefano Torresan, Niklas Behrmann, Lennard Kroger, Nils Neumann

Measuring Resilience of Autonomous Controllers to Missed Thrust Events on a Mars to Earth Trajectory

Ari Rubinsztejn, Rohan Sood, Frank E. Laipert

Autonomous Guidance for Electrical Orbit Raising

Kristen Lagadec, Slim Locoche, Sven Erb, Celia Yabar Valles

Global Positioning System Constellation Modernization Impact on Sidelobe Capable GPS Receivers in Geostationary Orbit

Graeme Ramsey, Jim Chapel, Mark Crews, Douglas Freesland, Alexander Krimchansky

A Deterministic and High Performance Parallel Data Processing Approach to Increase Guidance Navigation and Control Robustness

Pablo Ghiglino, Mandar Harshe

Distributed Cooperative Visual Odometry for Planetary Exploration Rovers

Masoud S. Bahraini, Nabil Aouf, Axel Beauvisage, Shashank Govindaraj

Computational Guidance & Navigation for Bearings-only Rendezvous - Methods and Outcomes of GUIBEAR

Pedro Serra, Pedro Lourenco, J. Branco, J. F. Briz Valero, M. Mammarella, T. Peters, D. Mora Portela, S. Manara, D. Bernardini, A. Bemporad, P. Foglia Manzillo, J. Witteveen, A. Cropp

Genevis: Generic Vision-Based Navigation for Descent & Landing

Darius Djafari-Rouhani, Paul Duteis, Roland Brochard, Sylvain Tiberio, Manuel Sanchez-Gestido

The Imaging LIDAR of the In-Orbit Demonstration RemoveDEBRIS

Antoine Ummel, A. Pollini, C. Pache, F. Droz

Auriga Star Tracker OneWeb and ANGELS Flight Heritage

Damien Piot, Remy Charavel, Marc Maksimous, Pierre-Yves Bretecher, Edouard Jeanmougin, Yann Charront

Flight of a New Miniaturised and Integrated Spaceborne GNSS Receiver

Martin Unwin, R. de Vos van Steenwijk, A. Palfreyman, S. Miles, J. Rawlinson

Visual Sensor Suite - Flight Experience on MEV

Martin Griebel, Angela E. Klein, Richard WUrl, Uwe Schmidt

Solar Orbiter AOCS In-Flight Return of Experience

Ilario Cantiello, Guillaume Monroig, Emanuela Palombo, Vasco Pereira

In-Flight Experience on GNC Design Challenges for BepiColombo

Christoph Steiger, F. Belien, S. Fugger, M. Casasco, A. Altay, E. Montagnon, F. Budnik

Spacecraft Line-of-Sight Jitter Management and Mitigation Lessons Learned and Engineering Best Practices

Cornelius Dennehy, Aron A. Wolf, Davin K. Swanson

On-Board Real-Time Calibration of Non-Synchronous Attitude Sensors and Gyros

Fabio Curti, C. Toglia, J.A. Perez Gonzalez, G. Sechi

Characterization of SADM Induced Disturbances and their Effects on Spacecraft Pointing Errors

Daniel Alazard, Christelle Cumer, Francesco Sanfedino, Davide Oddenino, Andrea Brugnoli

Improvement of Satellite Availabilty Through Reduction of Flexible Mode Excitation During Slews

Alexandre Garus, Julien Eymard, Jeremie Labroquere, Jose Alvaro Perez Gonzalez, Florian Rouzies

High Accuracy Image Stabilization System for GEO High Resolution Missions

Nicola Guercio, G. Durand, J. Christy, A. Perez Gonzalez, G. Sechi, F.Boquet, N. Deslaef, G. Aigouy, X. De Lepine, L. Massotti

Passive Rate Damping of Non-Operational Satellites in Low Earth Orbit to Enable Active Debris Removal

Tiago Soares, Alain Benoit, Andrey Kornienko, David Bakonyvari, Andre Santos, Nuno Franco, John Meyer

Microsatellite AOCS Design for the Agile Mission MICROCARB

Gildas Rineau, Stephanie Delavault, Florence Genin

AstroBus Product AOCS Architecture for LEO Missions

Patrice Riant

Lightweight Algorithms for Collision Avoidance Applications

Juan Luis Gonzalo Gomez, Camilla Colombo

GNC Design Solution for the Deployment of Biomass Large Deployable Reflector

Thomas Pareaud, Emilie Pelletier, Alain Thieuw, Mark Watt, Tom Colegrove, Carl Warrren, Nicolas Deslaef

Utilizing Low Earth Orbit for a Space Interferometer Laboratory by Three Satellites

Takahiro Ito, Isao Kawano, Ikkoh Funaki, Shin-ichiro Sakai

Smart-FDIR: An Unsupervised Deep Learning Approach to On-Board AOCS FDI(R), First Results and Conclusions

Arthur Scharf, Carlos Hervas Garcia, Calum Murray, Dave Thomas

Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Relative Pose Estimation of a Non-Cooperative Spacecraft with Thermal Infrared Imagery

Maxwell Hogan, Duarte Rondao, Nabil Aouf, Olivier Dubois-Matra

Pose Estimation of a Non-Cooperative Target Based on Silhouette Imagery Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Anne Bettens, Anthea Comellini, Emmanuel Zenou, Vincent Dubanchet

MAUS and IBIS the Jalapeno?S Under the Sunsensors

Johan Leijtens, Dick Broekmans

Evolving SiREUS

Dick Durrant, Mike Utton, Eric Whitley, Steeve Kowaltschek

ARIETIS and ARIETIS-NS, New Highly Competitive Gyro Solutions for Space Applications

Raouia Oubellil, Jose Beitia, Alberto Torasso, Romain Diram, Nicolas Potel, Steeve Kowaltschek

ASTRIX NS : a New Ixblue Fiber Optic Gyroscope Offering Accuracy and Reliability at a Fraction of their Historical Cost

Jean-Jacques Bonnefois, Antoine Bonnet, Matthieu Collignon, Guillaume Lecamp, Christophe Ollivier, Alex Sekeriyan, Saloomeh Shariati

AQUILA: Development of a European High-Accuracy Accelerometer for Space Applications

Quentin Trizac, Jose Beitia, Alberto Torasso, Pierre Loisel, Jeroen Vandersteen

Magnetorquer Design for Improved Demisability in Uncontrolled Re-Entry LEO Platforms

Andre Santos, J. Meyer , J. Pereira, T. Soares, E. Palombo, J. Beck

Reaction Wheels with Internal Speed Control

Rodrigo Antunes Ferreira, Tadeusz Kocman, Michel Serafin

Newton CMG Package, Making Control Momentum Gyroscopes Cluster Control as Easy as Wheels

Anthony Pepoz, Jeremie Chaix, Thomas Pareaud, Aurelien Dupuis, Simon Armand, Damien Fruchard

The Terma T1 Star Tracker Qualification Test Results and New Developments

Peter Davidsen, Ole Mikkelsen, Jan Storbank Pedersen, Carsten Gjevert Petersen, Preben Bohn, Karl Kaas, Johan De Claville Christiansen

FaintStar - An Intelligent Single-Chip Sensor Head for STRs - Evaluation Results

Werner Ogiers, M.Dendoncker, L.S.How, S.Kowaltschek, C.Bringer

RVS3000-3D LIDAR - Gateway Rendezvous and Lunar Landing

Christoph Schmitt, Sebastian Dochow, Michael Windmuller, Johannes Both , Olivier Mongrard

Flash LIDAR for Space Rendezvous and Docking Missions

Shigehito Shimizu, Katayama Yasuhiro, Okada Naoki, Yamamoto Toru, Mizuno Takahide, Ikeda Hirokazu, Kondoh Yoshinori, Ito Norimasa, Imaoku Takashi, Kase Teiji, Kawahara Akihiro

Reduced-Order-Model-Based Feedback Design for Thruster-assisted Legged Locomotion

Pravin Dangol, Alireza Ramezani

Legs on Aerial Robotic Drone: Control Design Challenges of Agile Thruster-assisted Legged Locomotion

Eric Sihite, Alireza Ramezani

Ascent Flight Control System for Reusable Launch Vehicles: Full Order and Structured H1 Designs

Jose Alfredo Maces-Hernandez, Marco Sagliano, Ansgar Heidecker, David Seelbinder, Markus Schlotterer, Stefano Fari, Stephan Theil, Svenja Woicke, Etienne Dumont

High-Order Sliding Mode Controller for the Test Mass Stabilization of the Lisa Mission: Preliminary Results

Nicoletta Bloise, Elisa Capello, Elisabetta Punta, Jonathan Grzymisch

Sentinel-2: in-Orbit Benchmark of Precise Star Tracker / Gyro Attitude Estimation and Smoothing

Stefan Winkler, D. Fischer, W. Gockel, J.-B. Gratadour

Convex Guidance for Close Rendezvous Operations in Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits

Emmanuel Blazquez, Finn Ankersen, Francesco Capolupo, Stephanie Lizy-Destrez

NMPC-based Guidance and Control for Autonomous Earth Observation Missions

Michele Pagone, M. Boggio, C. Novara, L. Massotti, S. Vidano

Evaluation of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Cubesat Attitude Control; a Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Lasse Bromose, Joakim B. Petersen, Karl Kaas, Jens F. D. Nielsen

Thrusters off-Modulation for Attitude Control During Orbital Manoeuvres

Lorenzo Cederna, Emanuele Paolini, Claudio Celiberti

Development of a Robust GNC Architecture for a Flexible Spinning Spacecraft with Long Wire Booms

Federico Passarin, Gerome Fastrez, Carlos Hervas Garcia, Lisa Whittle, Alexandre Falcoz, Ilario Cantiello, Andrew Hyslop, Valentin Preda, Benedicte Girouart

Sloshing AOCS/Fluidic Coupled Analysis

Xavier Manuel Juanpere, A. Dalmon, P. Regnier, P. Laurens, H. Bavestrello, J. Levenhagen

HERA GNC Subsystem - Preliminary Design

Andrea Pellacani, P. Colmenarejo, F. Cabral, P. Bajanaru, J. Gil Fernandez, C. Fiorella, M. Berlin

Mission and GNC System Design of the Juventas Cubesat on Board the HERA Mission

Victor Manuel Moreno Villa, C. Sanchez Lara, A. Palomino Aguado, R.A. Cioaca, G. Bay, I.D. Oprea, F.A. Stancu, C.C. Chitu, I.E. Cristea, I. Almeida, C. Plevier, S. Van wal, M. Scoubeau, F. Perez Lissi

Localization and Mapping Merging Silhouettes Information and Feature Tracking for Small Body Applications

Paolo Panicucci, Roland Brochard, Jeremy Lebreton, Romain Lefez, Emmanuel Zenou, Michel Delpech

Astrone - GNC for Enhanced Surface Mobility on Small Solar System Bodies

Maurice Martin, Frederik Belien, Bangshang Liu, Jan Olucak, Fabian Schimpf, Thomas Bruggemann, Albert Falke, Vasko Sazdovski, Valerij Chernykh, Klaus Janschek, Walter Fichter, Roger Forstner

Centralized Relative Navigation of Multiple Spacecraft with Reduced Visibility: Validation Campaign of the Vision-based Approach

Margherita Piccinin, Stefano Silvestrini, Andrea Capannolo, Michele Lavagna, Jesus Gil Fernandez

Dynamic Modelling and Control of an Aerodynamically Controlled Capturing Device for ?In-Air-Capturing? of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

Sunayna Singh, Sven Stappert, Sophia Buckingham, Silvania Lopes, Yakut Cansev, Kucukosman, Madalin Simioana, Mihai Pripasu, Andreas Wiegand, Martin Sippel, Philippe Planquart

Design and Testing of the GNC for the HERACLES Lunar Ascent Element

Thomas Peters, J. F. Briz Valero, P. Arroz Serra, P. Lourenco, F. Cometto, M. Berga, J.-A. Perez Gonzalez, A. Cuffolo, A. Cropp

Robust Control for Reusable Rockets via Structured H? Synthesis

Marco Sagliano, Taro Tsukamoto, Ansgar Heidecker, Jose Maces Hernandez, Stefano Fari, Markus Schlotterer, Svenja Woicke, David Seelbinder, Shinji Ishimoto, Etienne Dumont

AOCS Innovations for Eurostar Neo Full-Electric Platform

Anne Reuilh, J. Beroud, S.Roussel, C. Rosso

The Euclid AOCS and FGS Verification Tasks at System Level

Massimiliano Saponara, A. Bosco, J.S. Llorente, L. Meijer, C. Rosso, D. Huzel

GNC Spacebus Neo: A Full Electric Platform for Telecommunication Satellites, Safe Mode on Star Tracker and Electrical Orbit Raising

Estelle Pierre, David Boulange, Michel Chevallier, Fabien Gallet, Guillaume Goffinet , Juhaina Goulamhoussen, Fabrice Lacroix, Laia Ramio-Tomas, Ivan Sumelzo Martinez