Description
Interplanetary trajectories and fly-by; rendezvous with asteroids and comets; libration point transfers and orbits; resonant orbits; near-Earth objects trajectories; sample return missions; coverage of instruments and ground contacts; maintenance or orbital positions around planetary bodies; planetary tours and encounters;
Mr
Andrew Cox
(Purdue University)
16/03/2016, 08:00
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
With the increasing complexity of cislunar and interplanetary missions, as well as the introduction of a wide range of scenarios involving small spacecraft, there is significant motivation to design trajectories that require fewer resources and may be sustainable over longer time intervals. Progress toward such goals is achievable by leveraging the natural dynamical structures available within...
Mr
Stefaan Van wal
(University of Colorado Boulder)
16/03/2016, 08:20
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
Recent missions to the small bodies of our Solar system have established a core understanding of the origins, characteristics, and dynamics of these pristine bodies. Furthermore, the feasibility and benefit of including lander platforms capable of performing in-situ (sub-)surface measurements was demonstrated most notably by Rosetta’s Philae lander. The inclusion of such landers on small body...
Mr
Juan Luis Cano
(Elecnor Deimos)
16/03/2016, 08:40
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
Nowadays, there are a number of institutions worldwide that contribute to the discovery, tracking, identification, cataloguing and risk characterisation of asteroids in general, and NEOs in particular. However, there is no currently an integrated set of tools that cover, in a complete manner, the assessment of the impact risk mitigation actions that can be taken to prevent the impact of a NEO...
Dr
Darrel Conway
(Thinking Systems, Inc.)
16/03/2016, 09:00
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
In 2014, Thinking Systems began work on a parallel processing tool that incorporates the numerical engine from the General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) into a system, Paramat, designed to use the processing capabilities of modern, multi-core computer platforms. This paper opens with a brief description of recent changes to Paramat. Paramat is then used to model an orbital capture at Jupiter...
Mr
Amedeo Rocchi
(GMV/ESOC)
16/03/2016, 09:20
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
Software able to study and simulate the guidance and navigation process is essential when dealing with complex interplanetary missions. The outputs required from such software are multiple, ranging from the evaluation of stochastic ∆V required to keep the dispersion errors with respect to the nominal trajectory small, to the identification of critical phases of the missions for the guidance...
Ms
Francesca Letizia
(University of Southampton)
16/03/2016, 09:40
04: Interplanetary Flight and Non-Earth Orbits
Oral presentation at the conference
When interplanetary missions depart from the Earth, the rocket bodies used for their launch may be inserted into a resonant orbit with the Earth or into trajectories that may cross other orbits. A suite of numerical tools has been developed as part of a European Space Agency contract to study the compliance of the launcher with planetary protection requirements.
For each mission, the...
