Space exploration and exploitation depend on the development of on-orbit robotic
capabilities for tasks such as servicing of satellites, removing of orbital debris, or …

In the first part, this article presents an overview of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
methodologies developed for space manipulators to perform in-orbit robotic missions …

Spaceflight is facing a sustainability problem in Earth orbit, where about 90% of all man-
made trackable objects are without functional use. Existing research activities on active …

Due to the growing threat from space debris and the accelerating increase in the number of
active satellites, Active Debris Removal (ADR) and In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) missions are …

In this letter, we propose a novel method for the on-ground simulation of a space robotic
mission, while exploiting a robotic hardware-in-the-loop facility. The simulated dynamics …

This paper tackles the problem of spacecraft relative navigation to support the reach and
capture of a passively cooperative space target using a chaser platform equipped with a …

The task of approaching and capturing a free-tumbling satellite on-orbit presents open
challenges for autonomous guidance and control strategies. One of these is to robustly …

The contact point configuration should be carefully chosen to ensure a stable capture,
especially for the non-cooperative target capture mission using multi-armed spacecraft. In …

In this paper, a visual servoing approach is developed to capture the docking rings of
tumbling non-cooperative satellites with a space manipulator. The primary challenge …

Abstract Advancements in Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms and technologies have
opened up new possibilities for their use in autonomous spacecraft control. This work …