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Multiple-burn trajectory optimization and guidance design for In-Orbit-Service missions.
Rel. Elisa Capello, Mauro Mancini. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2025
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Abstract
In-Orbit-Service (IOS) has moved from visionary proposal to operational necessity for keeping orbits safe, sustainable and affordable. In fact, repairing, refuelling, upgrading or de-orbiting aging satellites lowers replacement costs and reduces collision risk. The lowering of launch prices has sharpened commercial interest; indeed, market studies foresee a multi-billion-dollar commercial sector expanding at a high growth rate over the coming decade. For these reasons, this thesis work aims to plan and validate impulsive rendezvous manoeuvres through a modular MATLAB tool for IOS that combines an optimization process based on an evolutionary algorithm (EA) with a 3-DOF orbital simulator. The aim of the optimization process is to minimize propellant consumption in terms of the ΔV provided by a classic Lambert’s problem.
For this purpose, three evolutionary algorithms with a dedicated cost function have been tested: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Differential Evolution (DE) and Covariance Matrix Adaptation (CMA-ES)
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