SmartClouds Orbital Dynamics and Control

Informazioni relative al progetto

SmartCloudsODC

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 655534

DOI

10.3030/655534

Progetto concluso il 14 Luglio 2017

Data della firma CE 26 Febbraio 2015

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2016

Data di completamento 22 Giugno 2019

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Costo totale

€ 158 121,60

Contributo UE

€ 158 121,60

Coordinato da

INSTITUT D'ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA FUNDACION
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SmartCloudsODC (SmartClouds Orbital Dynamics and Control)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2016-09-01 al 2018-08-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The objective of the project is to deliver radical new methodologies for orbital dynamics and control of multi-spacecraft systems to investigate new easy-accessible space-based products and services for Europe.

Thanks to the advanced in Miniaturised Electromechanical Systems technology, a new class of lowcost, low-risk space missions, based on multiple cooperative elements, is arising. Assuming smart-clouds of vast numbers of
femto-spacecraft, this project intends to move from the classic (deterministic celestial mechanics approach) to a new paradigm in space mission design, based on stochastic analyses of the agents in the cloud.

Through an excellent inter/multi-disciplinary training team, the purpose is to offer novel research methodologies and solutions to orbital dynamics problems including real-world uncertainties. Moreover, with an inter-sectorial secondment with a highly specialized SME company in space mission design at large, it wants to generate an ensemble of knowledge and resources to test and to fully develop this potential.

A main objective is to enhance capabilities and to devise new space concepts in clouds of femto-spacecraft in order to broad space-access to a wider European user’s community, also beyond the Aerospace sector, at extremely low-cost.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

During the short effective duration of the project (in the order of a month due to long suspension periods) the work performed was associated with collecting literature for review and to determine the state of the art. No relevant result has been achieved.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

Due to the short effective duration of the project there has been no progress beyond the state of the art.

Femto-spacecraft smart-cloud concept