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Hypervelocity perforation of thin films applicable to debris detection in Low Earth Orbit 用于近地轨道碎片探测的超高速穿孔薄膜
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.050
M.J. Burchell, L.A. Alesbrook, M. van Ginneken, P.J. Wozniakiewicz
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Spacecraft pursuit-evasion game with incomplete information: A pre-training approximate dynamic programming method 不完全信息航天器追逃博弈:一种预训练近似动态规划方法
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.071
Jiancheng Zhang, Yidi Wang, Wei Zheng, Meijiao Zhao
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Star image motion deblurring via angular velocity assisted U-Net with feature fusion and CBAM 基于角速度辅助U-Net特征融合和CBAM的星象运动去模糊
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.041
Chenran Li , Xu Yan , Hang Yang , Dingjie Wang , Hongbo Zhang , Weimin Bao
{"title":"Star image motion deblurring via angular velocity assisted U-Net with feature fusion and CBAM","authors":"Chenran Li ,&nbsp;Xu Yan ,&nbsp;Hang Yang ,&nbsp;Dingjie Wang ,&nbsp;Hongbo Zhang ,&nbsp;Weimin Bao","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For star sensors operating in space, star images are susceptible to blur degradation caused by complicated motions, leading to difficulties in star identification and reduced accuracy in star spots extraction. Although deep learning methods have been applied to mitigate these issues, their performance is often limited by the neglect of physical motion information. To address this, we embed angular velocity data to guide the network in establishing the relationship between angular velocity and blur parameters. Furthermore, considering the sparse nature of star spot features, we introduce the Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) to enhance the feature saliency of star regions and their motion trajectories. A dedicated feature fusion module is also designed to effectively integrate inertial data and visual representations, facilitating joint learning of physical motion patterns and image features. Simulation experiments indicate that the proposed method significantly improves image restoration quality compared to the baseline U-Net, achieving a 16.84 % increase in PSNR and reducing the centroid error to 0.0836 pixels. Experiments based on in-orbit observation data validate the effectiveness of our method in real-world scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"243 ","pages":"Pages 358-370"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146014780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reconstruction of in-orbit breakup events over the short term 短期在轨解体事件的重建
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.061
Francesca Ottoboni, Andrea Muciaccia, Camilla Colombo
{"title":"Reconstruction of in-orbit breakup events over the short term","authors":"Francesca Ottoboni,&nbsp;Andrea Muciaccia,&nbsp;Camilla Colombo","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The massive growth of space activities over the past decades has lead to an increase of the space debris population, which is threatening the safety of space operations and active satellites. Several fragmentation events caused by catastrophic collisions and explosions have single-handedly contributed to the increase in the number of space debris, highlighting the importance of the reconstruction of such events to gain insight on the breakups and decrease the collision risk they cause to active satellites.</div><div>This work proposes a fragmentation reconstruction approach for this purpose, which combines pruning and clustering criteria with a backward propagation to identify the epoch of the fragmentation and the involved objects. The model was tested by using publicly available Two-Line-Elements data. The problem of the unreliability of such data is addressed by modifying the original approach to account for uncertainty, multiplying the original Two-Line-Elements data and choosing the optimal set of objects for the reconstruction. The optimal values of the pruning filters thresholds for the method are also investigated to identify the most effective criteria. Moreover, the reciprocal influence of the filters is assessed through a sensitivity analysis. The proposed approach is applied to two real fragmentation events to compare the accuracy of the reconstruction with and without the uncertainty quantification. The method proves to be effective in the evaluation of the epoch of the breakup as well as the identification of the fragments and their parent.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"243 ","pages":"Pages 326-337"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146174653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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“Getting things done” or “Doing the right things”? Micro-foundations of product-service strategies in Earth Observation “把事情做好”还是“做正确的事情”?地球观测产品服务策略的微观基础
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.040
Valentina Zancan, Paolo Trucco, Giorgio Locatelli
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Feasibility-guaranteed analytical mars landing guidance in hazardous terrains with disturbances 具有干扰的危险地形中可行性保证的分析火星着陆制导
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.053
Yan Wang , Yaxuan Li , Xinfu Liu
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Numerical simulation of water migration in lunar soil based on the Monte Carlo model 基于蒙特卡罗模型的月壤水分迁移数值模拟
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.067
Yan Zhang , Yongjun Wang , Jin Wang , Chengdan He , Wenfeng Li , Huzhong Zhang , Yasheng Li , Detian Li
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Orbit determination and prediction for uncooperative spacecrafts with continuous low-thrust maneuver via piecewise estimation 基于分段估计的连续低推力机动非合作航天器轨道确定与预测
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.033
Liu Yuan , Bin Li , Xin Tian , Wei Liang , Peng Lv , Jizhang Sang
{"title":"Orbit determination and prediction for uncooperative spacecrafts with continuous low-thrust maneuver via piecewise estimation","authors":"Liu Yuan ,&nbsp;Bin Li ,&nbsp;Xin Tian ,&nbsp;Wei Liang ,&nbsp;Peng Lv ,&nbsp;Jizhang Sang","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The exponential growth of mega-constellation satellites, typified by SpaceX’s Starlink, poses unprecedented challenges for existing space surveillance, particularly when tracking uncooperative spacecrafts executing continuous orbit-raising/deorbiting maneuvers. This situation makes the conventional orbit determination (OD) and prediction (OP) struggle with three critical issues: insufficient observational data, unknown maneuvering parameters, and the cumulative effects of unmodeled thrust. To address these issues, this study proposes a piecewise estimation-based OD method by developing a semi-analytical thrust acceleration (TA) model. The TA model employs time-explicit polynomial expansions with state-dependent coefficients to characterize the continuous low-thrust effect. The OD system integrates a piecewise least-squares estimation algorithm with dynamic compensation, enabling accurate TA resolution within one-day observation windows. Specifically, the OP system incorporates the latest TA estimate to account for the future continuous low-thrust effect. Experiments with sparse radar observations of Starlink satellites demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The TA estimation errors remain below 0.5% relative to the reference obtained from precise ephemerides. The OP capabilities maintain one-day and two-day position accuracy below 2 and 4 km, respectively, improving by more than 60% compared to the unified OD method. More importantly, the approach exhibits operational robustness, achieving OD convergence with initial TA errors up to 35%. These advantages make the proposed approach a practicable solution for autonomous catalog maintenance of maneuvering spacecraft.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"243 ","pages":"Pages 99-111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146033433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Galerkin lie group variational integrators developed for orbit-attitude coupled dynamics near small celestial bodies 用于小天体轨道-姿态耦合动力学的伽辽金李群变分积分器
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.052
Jinah Lee, Chandeok Park
{"title":"Galerkin lie group variational integrators developed for orbit-attitude coupled dynamics near small celestial bodies","authors":"Jinah Lee,&nbsp;Chandeok Park","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.052","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research presents a Galerkin Lie group variational integrator on <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>R</mi><mn>3</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><msup><mi>S</mi><mn>3</mn></msup></mrow></math></span> designed for analyzing the orbit–attitude coupled motions of spacecraft operating near small celestial bodies. Two primary objectives lie in constructing the proposed integrator: to preserve both the Lie group and Hamiltonian structures, and to achieve precise propagation comparable to conventional vector-based methods. This study analytically derives the partial derivatives of the rigid-body potential with respect to state variables and incorporates them into the discrete Lagrangian formulation to facilitate the integration process. The proposed integrator supports general gravity models of small celestial bodies. Example applications using both the point mass and spherical harmonics models are presented. Numerical simulations verify that the proposed integrator not only maintains geometric structure but also yields high accuracy in propagation, demonstrating its effectiveness for long-term simulations in the vicinity of small celestial bodies. For instance, the proposed integrator achieves an energy-conservation error on the order of <span><math><mrow><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>11</mn></mrow></msup><mo>−</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> % of the initial total energy, regardless of the initial state, whereas the error of the vector-based integrator varies over a wider range of <span><math><mrow><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>12</mn></mrow></msup><mo>−</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> %.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"243 ","pages":"Pages 220-236"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146033442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A unified framework for compliant control and trajectory planning in robotic in-orbit assembly 机器人在轨装配柔性控制与轨迹规划的统一框架
IF 3.4 2区 物理与天体物理
Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.029
Qiming Ren , Minghe Shan
{"title":"A unified framework for compliant control and trajectory planning in robotic in-orbit assembly","authors":"Qiming Ren ,&nbsp;Minghe Shan","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.01.029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Robotic In-Orbit Assembly (R-IOA) is a key technology for the construction of large-scale space infrastructure. A significant challenge in this field is the precise docking of modular components, particularly those with complex interfaces. To address this, safety must be considered at both the control and planning levels. At the control level, traditional compliant control strategies show poor adaptability to complex contact and often face challenges in explicitly enforcing physical limitations, such as joint position and torque bounds. Furthermore, while compliant control can effectively manage steady-state contact forces, it is fundamentally limited in mitigating the initial transient impact. This peak force is predominantly determined by the pre-impact velocity, a parameter dictated by the trajectory planner. Conventional planners, however, often generate dynamically infeasible trajectories using decoupled methods that violate the kinematic consistency of rigid-body motion, and they are generally limited in their ability to strictly enforce velocity constraints. To address these dual challenges through an integrated approach, this paper proposes a unified safety framework. This framework combines comprehensive enhancements at both the planning and control layers. At the planning level, a time-optimal trajectory generator operating on the SE(3) manifold produces motions that are dynamically feasible by construction. This ensures that velocity constraints are strictly enforced to proactively minimize impact forces and that the trajectory respects the natural kinematics of rigid-body motion. At the control level, we introduce a Hierarchical Quadratic Programming based Adaptive Controller (HQP-AC). It reformulates compliant interaction as a constrained optimization problem to guarantee the strict enforcement of all hardware safety limits while adaptively managing the steady-state interaction. The effectiveness of the proposed approach was demonstrated through simulations of a representative docking scenario. Compared to a classical impedance controller with decoupled trajectory planning, the proposed framework reduces peak axial contact forces by 49% and steady-state contact forces by 30%, and successfully prevents the catastrophic joint limit violations observed in the baseline method. Furthermore, it achieves a final lateral position error of 0.18<!--> <!-->mm and an orientation error of 1.08°, representing a significant improvement in docking accuracy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"243 ","pages":"Pages 32-45"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146033440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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