{"title":"Improving Robustness of Autonomous Earth-Observing Spacecraft Using Training Environment Enhancements","authors":"Lorenzzo Quevedo Mantovani, Hanspeter Schaub","doi":"10.2514/1.i011697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011697","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research is developing autonomous policies for agile Earth-observing satellite (AEOS) tasking using deep reinforcement learning (DRL). Prior work uses a fixed training environment with enhanced safety challenges to allow DRL to train a policy over a short number of orbits. This paper investigates how training environment enhancements can improve these policies’ robustness by varying the training environment and extending simulated mission times. DRL enables real-time, onboard decision-making while accounting for complex dynamics and constraints. However, policies often struggle to generalize to longer missions or conditions different from training, partly due to the short simulated mission times. Multi-spacecraft systems amplify these challenges, where battery capacity and solar panel efficiency diverge over time due to external factors. Although satellites might run copies of a single policy, its robustness is essential to accommodate agent variability and ensure mission success. This paper investigates training with two curricula, constantly degraded environments, and a domain randomization approach to improve AEOS policy robustness and performance. Policies are tested on episodes 125-times longer than training episodes under nominal and degraded conditions. The proposed training environment enhancements’ applicability is demonstrated in a heterogeneous spacecraft system, achieving a 63% reduction in failures and a 2.8% increase in median cumulative reward.","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"23 3","pages":"293-304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147918453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Georges Ghazi, Ruxandra Mihaela Botez
{"title":"New Type-2-Fuzzy-Logic-Based Control System for the Cessna Citation X","authors":"Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Georges Ghazi, Ruxandra Mihaela Botez","doi":"10.2514/1.i011398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011398","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David van Wijk, Kyle Dunlap, Manoranjan Majji, Kerianne Hobbs
{"title":"Safe Spacecraft Inspection via Deep Reinforcement Learning and Discrete Control Barrier Functions","authors":"David van Wijk, Kyle Dunlap, Manoranjan Majji, Kerianne Hobbs","doi":"10.2514/1.i011391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011391","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced Wavelet Transform-Based Automated System for Drone State Identification Using Radio-Frequency Signal","authors":"Rishi Raj Sharma, Kuldeep Gurjar, Bhagyashri Bhagat, Anjali Pramod","doi":"10.2514/1.i011389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011389","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikta Tabesh, Andrew K. Jeyaraj, Susan Liscouët-Hanke, Alvaro Tamayo
{"title":"Integration of the Functional Hazard Assessment Within a Model-Based Systems Engineering Framework","authors":"Nikta Tabesh, Andrew K. Jeyaraj, Susan Liscouët-Hanke, Alvaro Tamayo","doi":"10.2514/1.i011371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011371","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Basic Engagement Zones","authors":"Alexander Von Moll, Isaac Weintraub","doi":"10.2514/1.i011394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011394","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software Error Incident Categorizations in Aerospace","authors":"Lorraine E. Prokop","doi":"10.2514/1.i011240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011240","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Onboard Avionics in the New Space Era: Present and Future","authors":"Lianxiang Jiang, Peipei Xu","doi":"10.2514/1.i011326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011326","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142201365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin S. Choi, Zachary C. Goddard, Samuel J. Deal, Anirban Mazumdar, Kyle Williams
{"title":"Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Adaptive Primitive-Based Motion Planning","authors":"Kevin S. Choi, Zachary C. Goddard, Samuel J. Deal, Anirban Mazumdar, Kyle Williams","doi":"10.2514/1.i011285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011285","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141781085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sina M. H. Hajkarim, Prathyush P. Menon, Debasish Ghose
{"title":"Cooperative Mission Planning Using Rollout Policy Optimization","authors":"Sina M. H. Hajkarim, Prathyush P. Menon, Debasish Ghose","doi":"10.2514/1.i011330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.i011330","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":50260,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aerospace Information Systems","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141781033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}