Astrodynamics Network AstroNet-II (eBook)

Leveraging discrete variational mechanics to explore the effect of an autonomous three-body interaction added to the restricted problem.- An efficient sub-optimal motion planning method for attitude manoeuvres.- Bifurcations thresholds of halo orbits.- Unconventional solar sailing.- Two-body approximations in the design of low-energy transfers between Galilean moons.- Artificial equilibria in the RTBP for a solar sail and applications.- Terminal entry phase trajectory generator for reusable launch vehicles.- Two ASRE approaches with application to spacecraft Coulomb formations.- Novel approach on the optimisation of mid-course corrections along interplanetary trajectories.- Vision-based navigation around small bodies.- Analytical and semianalytical propagation of space orbits: the role of polar-nodal variables.- Small spacecraft formation flying using solar radiation pressure.- A note on dynamics about the coherent Sun–Earth–Moon collinear libration points.- The Trojan problem from a Hamiltonian perturbative perspective.-On distributed control strategies for spacecraft formation flying.-  Formation flying guidance for space debris observation, manipulation and capture.- Low thrust relative motion control of satellite formations in deep space.- Efficient modelling of small bodies gravitational potential for autonomous proximity operations.- Sun-Earth L1 and L2 to Moon transfers exploiting natural dynamics.- An introduction to differential algebra and the differential algebra manifold representation.- Identification of new orbits to enable future missions for the exploration of the Martian moon Phobos.