This review paper presents a comprehensive evaluation and forward‐looking perspective
on the underexplored topic of servicing target objects using spacecraft swarms. Such targets …

On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) robots are transforming space exploration by enabling vital
maintenance and repair of spacecraft directly in space. However, achieving precise and safe …

Autonomous spacecraft relative navigation via monocular images became a hot topic in the
past few years and, recently, received a further push thanks to the constantly growing field of …

Recent studies demonstrate the possibility of navigating in proximity of uncooperative space
resident objects by using only monocular images. Despite the results achieved, the …

In recent years, space debris has become a threat for satellites operating in low Earth orbit.
Even by applying mitigation guidelines, their number will still increase over the course of the …

In recent years, space research has shifted heavily its focus towards enhanced autonomy on-
board spacecrafts for on-orbit servicing activities (OOS). OOS and proximity operations …

The problem of estimating relative pose for uncooperative space objects has garnered great
interest, especially within applications such as on-orbit assembly and satellite servicing. This …

VISION-BASED navigation is a key technology for the next generation of on-orbit servicing
(OOS) and active debris removal missions. In these scenarios, guidance and control laws …

The accelerating deployment of spacecraft in orbit has generated interest in on-orbit
servicing (OOS), inspection of spacecraft, and active debris removal (ADR). Such missions …

Abstract Real-time 6 Degree-of-Freedom (DoF) pose estimation is of paramount importance
for various on-orbit tasks. Benefiting from the development of deep learning, Convolutional …