arXiv Machine Learning

Pretrained Approximators for Low-Thrust Trajectory Cost and Reachability

arXiv:2605. 26790v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Low-thrust trajectory design relies heavily on repeated evaluations of fuel consumption and transfer feasibility, which require expensive optimal control solutions.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Optimality-Informed Neural Networks for Lunar Landing Trajectory Optimization

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
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Satellite Trajectory Optimization via Proximal Policy Optimization for Space Debris Avoidance

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 Machine Learning
Aug 4

Neural operator learning for collision-aware trajectory planning of spacecraft swarms

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 AI
Jun 17

Transformer-Based Warm-Starting for Feasible and Optimal Terminal Approach to Tumbling Objects with Space Manipulators

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