Description du projet
Perfectionner le contrôle autonome des engins spatiaux autonomes
L’amélioration du guidage autonome permet d’accroître l’utilité de petits engins spatiaux comme les CubeSats. Financé par le programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet FAAST développera des algorithmes de guidage et de contrôle destinés à ces engins spatiaux et à d’autres types de véhicules spatiaux interplanétaires. Le projet se concentrera sur le guidage et le contrôle orbitaux autonomes dans le cadre de missions scientifiques dans l’espace lointain, en particulier pour assurer le contrôle des missions à proximité des astéroïdes. Le projet contribuera également au projet EXTREMA, déployé par le groupe DART, qui s’emploie à mettre au point de nouvelles techniques de guidage, de navigation et de contrôle pour les engins spatiaux autonomes. Les activités de recherche permettront de réaliser des progrès fondamentaux dans les domaines de la mécanique céleste et de l’astrodynamique et de développer et de faire la démonstration d’algorithmes spécifiques dans un contexte de haute-fidélité. Le projet encouragera également la coopération transatlantique entre les communautés de recherche sur les vols spatiaux des États-Unis et de l’UE.
Objectif
The FAAST project (Facilitating Autonomy in Astrodynamics for Spacecraft Technology) is proposed for developing autonomous guidance and control algorithms for CubeSats and other interplanetary spacecraft. This project will be conducted with Prof. Francesco Topputo of the DART group at Politecnico di Milano (Polimi) in Italy, which has expertise in deep-space guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) from its past and present involvement with ESA projects, including multiple CubeSat missions. The primary focus of FAAST is on autonomous orbit guidance and control for deep-space scientific space missions - a challenging problem which currently must be handled by dedicated teams of engineers on Earth which support the spacecraft's operations. In particular, this work is concerned with autonomous guidance and control in the vicinity of asteroids, which presents a particularly challenging environment. The FAAST project will contribute to, benefit from, and interface with the DART group's EXTREMA project, a 5 year (2021-2026) €2M project funded by the European Research Council. EXTREMA is developing new GNC techniques for self-driving spacecraft.
FAAST proposes research activity that spans from fundamental developments in celestial mechanics and astrodynamics to specific algorithm development and demonstration in a high-fidelity setting. This presents an ambitious course of research for a two-year project, but it is well-organized into four achievable objectives. The researcher holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder, a leading institution in spaceflight education and research. The supervisor is a Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Polimi, and a leading expert in spacecraft GNC and interplanetary CubeSats. This project has the potential to meaningfully advance the state-of-the-art in spacecraft guidance and control while facilitating transatlantic cooperation between the US and EU spaceflight research communities.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraft
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesasteroids
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencescelestial mechanics
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit GrantCoordinateur
20133 Milano
Italie