Materiale didattico

program of the course

The Guidance-Control-Navigation loop

Variation of parameters, Lagrange planetary equations, Geostationary satellites guidance, Variational methods application to Earth orbiting satellites perturbations, Low-thrust Orbital maneuvers

Relative motion description, Euler-Hill equations for formation flying, collision avoidance guidance for formation-flying applications, Collision avoidance for space debris.
Rendezvous, docking. Cowell and Encke methods. Homing, Ballistic, Mid-course and Optimal Guidance.
The celestial position fix: Navigation measurements, Error analysis, Processing measurements. Space Navigation: Review of probability theory, position and velocity estimation.
Orbit determination: Determination of an orbit from angle only, Mixed data determination, differential correction, Orbit determination of space debris using optical measurements.
Inertial Navigation: characteristics and noise models of sensors, stabilized and strapdown platforms
Satellite-based navigation:GPS Galileo signal characteristics, performance of standalone and differential GPS, Walker constellation , Glonass overview. Integrated navigation