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Implicit Extended Kalman Filter for Optical Terrain Relative Navigation Using Delayed Measurements
The exploration of celestial bodies such as the Moon, Mars, or even smaller ones such as comets and asteroids, is the next frontier of …
Stefano Silvestrini, Margherita Piccinin, Giovanni Zanotti, Andrea Brandonisio, Paolo Lunghi, Michèle Lavagna
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Ground Testing of Vision-Based GNC Systems by Means of a New Experimental Facility
Increase in spacecraft autonomy is a consolidated trend in new space systems. A field in which a high degree of autonomy would give the …
Paolo Lunghi, Luca Losi, Vincenzo Pesce, Michèle Lavagna
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Hazard Detection and Avoidance Systems for Autonomous Planetary Landing
Precise and autonomous landing capability is a key feature for the next space systems generation. The possibility to carry out Hazard …
Paolo Lunghi
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Multibody Modeling of Sloshing in Spacecraft Ascent and Landing Maneuvers
Paolo Lunghi, Pierangelo Masarati, Michèle Lavagna
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Development, Validation and Test of Optical Based Algorithms for Autonomous Planetary Landing
Marco Ciarambino, Paolo Lunghi, Luca Losi, Michèle Lavagna
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Semi-Analytical Adaptive Guidance Computation Based on Differential Algebra for Autonomous Planetary Landing
A novel algorithm for autonomous landing guidance computation is presented. Trajectory is expressed in polynomial form of minimum order …
Paolo Lunghi, Roberto Armellin, Pierluigi Di Lizia, Michèle Lavagna
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A New Test Facility for Vision-Based Hazard Detection and Avoidance Systems for Planetary Landing Maneuvers
This paper presents the project and setup activities of a new test facility for autonomous optical navigation systems for planetary …
Paolo Lunghi, Marco Ciarambino, Michèle Lavagna
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