Additive manufacturing in the new space economy: Current achievements and future perspectives

T Ghidini, M Grasso, J Gum**er, A Makaya… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the realm of space exploration has undergone a transformative shift, marked
by the emergence of a thriving new space economy. This evolution has not only redefined …

Large constellations assessment and optimization in LEO space debris environment

L Olivieri, A Francesconi - Advances in Space Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent plans for large constellations in Low-Earth Orbit have opened the debate on both
their vulnerability and their influence on the already hazardous space debris environment. In …

Towards a sustainable exploitation of the geosynchronous orbital region

I Gkolias, C Colombo - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2019 - Springer
In this work the orbital dynamics of Earth satellites about the geosynchronous altitude are
explored, with primary goal to assess current mitigation guidelines as well as to discuss the …

[HTML][HTML] Future activities in the near-earth space in the face of ever-increasing space traffic

A Rossi, N Sánchez-Ortiz, E David, R Opromolla… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing launch rate of spacecraft, particularly due to the deployment of large
constellations and miniaturized satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has led to a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation

L Olivieri, C Giacomuzzo, A Francesconi - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
High energy in-space collisions may lead to the catastrophic fragmentation of entire
spacecraft. Current empirical models employed to predict spacecraft breakup are based on …

3D printing for microsatellites-material requirements and recent developments

T Blachowicz, K Pająk, P Recha, A Ehrmann - AIMS Materials Science, 2020 - hsbi.de
Microsatellites for space applications are being intensively investigated in recent years.
They can be used for diverse imaging and inspection applications in space, are relatively …

Material selection for a CubeSat structural bus complying with debris mitigation

EA Slejko, A Gregorio, V Lughi - Advances in Space research, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing number of commercial, technological and scientific missions for CubeSats
poses several concerns about the topic of space junk and debris mitigation. As no regulation …

Medium Earth Orbit dynamical survey and its use in passive debris removal

DK Skoulidou, AJ Rosengren, K Tsiganis… - Advances in Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) region hosts satellites for navigation,
communication, and geodetic/space environmental science, among which are the Global …

Semi-analytical estimates for the chaotic diffusion in the Second Fundamental Model of Resonance. Application to Earth's navigation satellites

E Legnaro, C Efthymiopoulos, M Harsoula - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2023 - Elsevier
We discuss the applicability of the Melnikov and Landau–Teller theories in obtaining semi-
analytical estimates of the speed of chaotic diffusion in systems driven by the separatrix-like …

Comparison of continuity equation and Gaussian mixture model for long-term density propagation using semi-analytical methods

P Sun, C Colombo, M Trisolini, S Li - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical …, 2022 - Springer
This paper compares the continuum evolution for density equation modelling and the
Gaussian mixture model on the 2D phase space long-term density propagation problem in …