The paper introduces Reachability Analysis-Informed Reinforcement Learning (RARL) for designing deterministic multi‑impulse interplanetary transfers. RARL uses local first‑order reachability maps to bound velocity perturbations and selects intermediate waypoints, which are then translated into maneuvers via Lambert reconstruction and a terminal two‑impulse solution. Numerical experiments on an Earth‑Mars benchmark show that RARL achieves a mean maneuver cost only 1.72% above a validated convex programming reference and can be trained once to handle a wide range of departure states, achieving 100% feasibility on 10,000 held‑out Monte Carlo departures.
By Yashdeep Chaudhary, Roberto Armellin, Harry Holt
arXiv:2607. 02741v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper develops an Optimality-Informed Neural Network (OINN) approach for the energy-optimal, free-final-time powered descent of a lunar lander from any initial position, velocity, and mass within a bounded operating envelope to a fixed landing site with zero terminal velocity.
By Zhenbo Wang
The paper presents a permutation‑equivariant neural operator that learns to generate collision‑free, fuel‑efficient trajectories for spacecraft swarms by mapping distributions of initial and target states, as well as obstacle states, to trajectory outputs. The operator is self‑supervised and, when paired with a batched Gauss‑Newton step, enforces exact orbital dynamics and further reduces fuel consumption. Trained on ten spacecraft, the model generalizes zero‑shot to swarms of 1,000 spacecraft and 11,000 obstacles, achieving accuracy comparable to a per‑agent optimal control solver while maintaining collision avoidance.
By Sidhdharth D. Sikka, Suyi Gao, Zehui Lu, Rongjie Lai, Shaoshuai Mou
This paper presents a distribution-agnostic robust trajectory-optimization framework based on chance-constrained reinforcement learning. The uncertainty is represented here through initial conditions and process noise, with the only requirement being that it can be sampled.
arXiv:2608. 09628v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Collision avoidance systems are commonly used to avoid fragmentation events occurring in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO).
By Logan Luna (Georgia Institute of Technology), Juan Ortiz Couder (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Raul Alejandro Vargas-Acosta (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
arXiv:2609.01493v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Black-Box Optimization (BBO) has found broad applications, but evolutionary algorithms and Bayesian optimization face efficiency challenges as real-w...
By Chao Qian, Chen-Guang Wang, Rong-Xi Tan, Ke Xue
arXiv:2608. 00320v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous spacecraft swarms must plan fuel-efficient, collision-free maneuvers in increasingly congested orbits, yet classical trajectory optimization scales poorly as pairwise safety constraints multiply with swarm size, and learning-based planners rarely transfer across swarm sizes or debris densities.
By Sidhdharth D. Sikka, Suyi Gao, Zehui Lu, Rongjie Lai, Shaoshuai Mou
arXiv:2606. 17317v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-time trajectory generation for on-orbit robotic servicing is challenging due to the nonlinear coupling between spacecraft bus motion, manipulator dynamics, visibility cone, and trajectory-level safety constraints.
By Yuji Takubo, Maximilian Adang, Mac Schwager, Simone D'Amico
arXiv:2606. 00895v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper presents a fast, recursive neural solver for the J2-perturbed Lambert problem based on Tiny Recursive Models (TRM), termed the TRM-Perturbed Lambert (TRM-PL) model.
By Minduli Wijayatunga, Roberto Armellin
The paper introduces a joint contour location (jCL) method for actively learning input configurations that simultaneously achieve specified responses across multiple computer experiments. By employing two distinct acquisition schemes—one for exploration and one for exploitation—along with a decision rule, the approach balances learning across multiple response surfaces and provides a natural stopping criterion when no solution exists. The method is demonstrated with Gaussian processes, multitask GPs, and deep GPs, outperforming existing single-response contour location strategies and optimization-based alternatives.
By Shih-Ni Prim, Kevin R. Quinlan, Paul Hawkins, Jagadeesh Movva, Annie S. Booth
arXiv:2608.20948v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Autonomous flight in unknown cluttered environments is hindered by the computation-quality-memory trilemma of onboard trajectory generation. In this...
By Zhitao Liu, Guangtong Xu, Zihan Wang, Jialiang Hou, Chao Xu, Fei Gao
arXiv:2607. 24051v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Low-thrust trajectory optimization is a core technology in deep-space mission design.
By An-yi Huang