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2024


Journal Articles

Conference Proceedings

Park, T. H., D'Amico, S.;  
Online Supervised Training of Spaceborne Vision during Proximity Operations using Adaptive Kalman Filtering;  
2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 2024.

Low, S. Y. W., D'Amico, S.;  
Precise Distributed Satellite Navigation: Differential GPS with Sensor-Coupling for Integer Ambiguity Resolution;  
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2024.

Guffanti, T., Gammelli, D., D'Amico, S., Pavone, M.;  
Transformers for Trajectory Optimization with Application to Spacecraft Rendezvous;  
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2024.

Hunter, M., D'Amico, S.;             
Robust Closed-form Framework for Drag-Propulsive Control of Formation Flight;  
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2024.

Lowe, S., Fitzpatrick, D., Buynovskiy, A., Shoemaker, L., Palo, S., D'Amico, S.;             
Concept of Operations for SWARM-EX: a Three CubeSat Formation-Flying Mission;  
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2024.

Delurgio, N., D'Amico, S.;  
Closed-Form Modeling and Control of Spacecraft Swarms in Eccentric Orbits;  
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2024.

Ahmed, Z., Park, T. H., Bhattacharjee, A., Fazel-Rezai, R., Graves, R., Saarela, O., Teramoto, R., Vemulapalli, K., D'Amico, S.;  
SPEED_UE_Cube: A Machine Learning Dataset for Autonomous, Vision-Based Spacecraft Navigation;   
46th Rocky Mountain AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 2-7, 2024.

Rizza, A., Topputo, F., D'Amico, S.;
Goal-oriented Asteroid Mapping under Uncertainties using Sequential Convex Programming
2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, January 8-12, 2024. 

Park, T. H., D'Amico, S.;
Rapid Abstraction of Spacecraft 3D Structure from Single 2D Image
2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, January 8-12, 2024. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-2768

Kruger, J., Guffanti, T., Park, T. H., Murray-Cooper, M. Low, S. Y. W., Bell, T., D’Amico, S., Roscoe, C., Westphal, J.;             
Adaptive End-to-End Architecture for Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation and Control During Rendezvous and Proximity Operations;  
2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, January 8-12, 2024. 

Doctoral Theses

Published Datasets

Park, T. H., D'Amico, S.;
SPE3R: Synthetic Dataset for Satellite Pose Estimation and 3D Reconstruction;
Stanford Digital Repository (2024). DOI: 10.25740/pk719hm4806.

Park, T. H., Ahmed, Z., Bhattacharjee, A., Razel-Rezai, R., Graves, R., Saarela, O., Teramoto, R., Vemulapalli, K., D'Amico, S.;
Spacecraft Pose Estimation Dataset of a 3U CubeSat using Unreal Engine (SPEED-UE-Cube);
Stanford Digital Repository (2024).


2023



Journal Articles

Willis, M., D'Amico, S.;             
Fast Angles-Only Relative Navigation Using Polynomial Dynamics;  
Advances in Space Research (2023).

Koenig, A. W., D’Amico, S., Lightsey, G.;  
Formation Flying Orbit and Control Concept for Virtual Super Optics Reconfigurable Swarm Mission;  
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics(2023).

Kruger, J., Koenig, A. W., D’Amico, S.;  
The Starling Formation-Flying Optical Experiment (StarFOX): System Design, Experiment Design and Pre-Flight Verification;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2023).

Guffanti, T., D'Amico, S.;                                
Passively Safe and Robust Multi-Agent Optimal Control with Application to Distributed Space Systems;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2023, pp. 1448-1469.

Park, T. H., D’Amico, S.;             
Adaptive Neural-Network-Based Unscented Kalman Filter for Robust Pose Tracking of Noncooperative Spacecraft;  
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1671-1688 (2023). DOI: 10.2514/1.G007387

Kruger, J., D’Amico, S.;            
Observability Analysis and Optimization for Angles-Only Navigation of Distributed Space Systems;  
Advances in Space Research (2023).

Park, T. H., D’Amico, S.;            
Robust Multi-Task Learning and Online Refinement for Spacecraft Pose Estimation across Domain Gap;            
Advances in Space Research (2023).

Pasqualetto Cassinis, L., Park, T. H., Stacey, N., D’Amico, S., Menicucci, A., Gill, E., Ahrns, I., Sanchez-Gestido, M.;
Leveraging Neural Network Uncertainty in Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter for Spacecraft Pose Estimation;                                
Advances in Space Research, Vol. 71, Issue 12, pp. 5061-5082 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.02.021

Park, T. H., Märtens, M., Jawaid, M., Wang, Z., Chen, B., Chin., T.-J., Izzo, D., D'Amico, S.;                                
Satellite Pose Estimation Competition 2021: Results and Analyses;                                
Acta Astronautica, Volume 204, 2023, Pages 640-665, ISSN 0094-5765, DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.01.002.

Dennison, K., Stacey, N., D'Amico, S.;           
Autonomous Asteroid Characterization Through Nanosatellite Swarming;           
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 4604-4624, Aug. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2023.3245997.

Conference Proceedings

Ahmed, Z., D'Amico, S., Hu, R., Damiano, M.;                                
Exoplanet Detection from Starshade Images using Convolutional Neural Networks;                               
SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications 2023, San Diego, CA, August 21-24, 2023.                            

Dennison, K., D'Amico, S.;                                
Leveraging Camera Attitude Priors for Structure from Motion of Small, Noncooperative Targets;                                
2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, Montana, August 13-17, 2023.

Guffanti, T., Bell, T., Low, S. Y. W., Murray-Cooper, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Autonomous Guidance Navigation and Control of the VISORS Formation-Flying Mission;                    
2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, Montana, August 13-17, 2023.

Hunter, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Closed-form Optimal Propulsive-Differential Drag Control for Large Reconfigurations of Spacecraft Swarms;                    
2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, Montana, August 13-17, 2023.

Dennison, K., D'Amico, S.;                                
Vision-Based 3D Reconstruction for Navigation and Characterization of Unknown, Space-Borne Targets;                                
33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, January 15-19, 2023.

Lowe, S., D'Amico, S.;                                
Reduced-Order Model for Spacecraft Swarm Orbit Design;                                
33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, January 15-19, 2023.

Kruger, J., D'Amico, S., Roscoe, C., Westphal, J.;                                
Angles-Only Tracking and Navigation for Approach and Rendezvous in Geosynchronous Orbits;                                
33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, January 15-19, 2023.

Doctoral Theses

Dennison, K.;
Vision-based tracking and shape recovery of non-cooperative targets using distributed space systems
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2023).;

Policy Reports

D'Amico, S., Guffanti, T., Lee, N., Manuel, W. J., Porteous, I. D.;
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2023: A Report on 10 Key Technologies and Their Policy Implications - Space Chapter
Stanford University Public Report, published November 14, 2023

Technical Reports

Austin, A., Bapst, J., Bills, B., Berne, A., Bierson, C., Bramson, A., D’Amico, S., Denton, C. A., Ermakov, A., Evans, A., Hemingway, D., Hernandez, S., Hogstrom, K., Izquierdo, K., James, P., Johnson, B., Kahre, M., Keane, J. T., Lau, H., Navarro, T., Neveu, M., Nimmo, F., Ojha, L., Paik, H. J., Park, R., Rosen, P., Simons, M., Smith, D. E., Smrekar, S., Soderlund, K., Sori, M., Steinbrügge, G., Tikoo, S., Wagner, N., Weber, R., Vance, S., Zebker, H.;                                
Next Generation Planetary Geodesy;                                
Keck Institute for Space Studies Report

Departmental Documents 

D'Amico, S., Pavone, M., Elschot, S., Arya, M., Sakovsky, M., Hara., K.;                                
AA Strategic Plan: Space Chapter;                                
Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, April 25, 2023


2022



Journal Articles

Lippe, C., D'Amico, S.;                                
Safe, Delta-v-Efficient Spacecraft Swarm Reconfiguration Using Lyapunov Stability and Artificial Potentials;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 213-231 (2022). DOI: 10.2514/1.G006253.

Stacey, N., D'Amico, S.;                                
Analytical Process Noise Covariance Modeling for Absolute and Relative Orbits;                                
Acta Astronautica, Vol. 194, 2022, pp. 34-47 (May, 2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.01.020.                                

Peretz, E., Hamilton, C., Mather, J., D’Amico, S., Michaels, A., Pritchett, R., Yu, W., Wizinowich, P.;                                
Astrostationary orbits for hybrid space and ground-based observatories;                                
J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 8(1), 014004 (2022), DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014004. 31 January, 2022.

Conference Proceedings

Stacey, N., D'Amico, S.;                                
Robust Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation and Environment Characterization;                                
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois and Online Everywhere, Virtual Poster, December 12-16 2022.

Hunter, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Closed-form Optimal Solutions for Propulsive-Differential Drag Control of Spacecraft Swarms;                                
2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 7-11 2022.

Manuel, W. J., D'Amico, S.;                                
Optimal Control in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem Using Integration Constants;                                
2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 7-11 2022.

Park, T. H., D'Amico, S.;                                
Adaptive Neural Network-based Unscented Kalman Filter for Spacecraft Pose Tracking at Rendezvous;                                
2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 7-11 2022.

Guffanti, T., D'Amico, S.;                                
Robust Passively Safe Spacecraft Swarming via Closed-form and Optimization-based Control Approaches;                                
American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 8-10 (2022).

Willis, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Fast Angles-Only Relative Navigation Using Polynomial Dynamics;                                
11th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations & Formation Flying, Milano, Italy, June 7-10 (2022).                                

Park, T. H., D’Amico, S.;                                
Robust Multi-Task Learning and Online Refinement for Spacecraft Pose Estimation across Domain Gap;                                
11th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations & Formation Flying, Milano, Italy, June 7-10 (2022).

Kruger, J., D'Amico, S.;                                
Observability Analysis and Optimization for Angles-Only Navigation of Distributed Space Systems;                                
11th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations & Formation Flying, Milano, Italy, June 7-10 (2022).

Park, T. H., Märtens, M., Lecuyer, G., Izzo, D., D’Amico, S.;                                
SPEED+: Next-Generation Dataset for Spacecraft Pose Estimation across Domain Gap;                                
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), 2022, pp. 1-15, doi: 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843439.                                

Stacey, N., Dennison, K., D'Amico, S.;                                
Autonomous Asteroid Characterization through Nanosatellite Swarming ;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12 (2022).

Lowe, S., Markevitch, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Relative Navigation and Pointing Error Budget for an X-ray Astronomy Formation-Flying Mission;                                
44th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 4-9, 2022.

Iiyama, K., Kruger, J., D'Amico, S.;                                
Autonomous Distributed Angles-Only Navigation and Timekeeping in Lunar Orbit ;                                
ION International Technical Meeting, Long Beach, California, January 24-27 (2022).

Sori, M., Ermakov, A., Keane, J., Bierson, C., Bills, B., Bramson, A., D'Amico, S., Evans, A., Hemingway, D., Izquierdo, K., James, P., Johnson, B., Kahre, M., Navarro, T., O'Rourke, J., Ohja, L., Paik, H., Park, R., Simons, M., Smith, D., Smrekar, S., Soderlund, K., Steinbrügge, G., Tikoo, S., Vance, S., Wagner, N., Weber, R., Zebker, H.;                                
Compelling Science Enabled by Gravity Investigations at Mars ;                                
Low-Cost Science Mission Concepts for Mars Exploration Workshop, Southern California, January 11-13 (2022).

Doctoral Theses

Willis, M.;                                
Analytical theory of satellite relative motion with applications to autonomous navigation and control                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2022).

Stacey, N.;                                
Robust Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation and Environment Characterization                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2022).                                

Guffanti, T.;                                
Optimal Passively-Safe Control of Multi-Agent Motion with Application to Distributed Space Systems                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2022).

Public Study Reports

Bruce Macintosh, Simone D’Amico, Adam Koenig, Eduardo Bendek, Keith Grogran, Stuart Shaklan, A. Madurowicz, R. de Rosa, T. Greene, J. Debes, E. Douglas, R. Jensen-Clem, G. Duchene, T. Esposito.;                                
Miniature Distributed Occulter Telescope (mDOT) Project Report;                                
Publicly released project report (Uploaded June 1, 2022).

Published Datasets

Park, T. H., D’Amico, S.;                                
SHIRT: Satellite Hardware-In-The-Loop Rendezvous Trajectory Dataset ;                                
Stanford Digital Repository (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25740/zq716br5462.                               &nb…;

 


2021



Journal Articles

Kruger, J., D'Amico, S.;                                
Autonomous Angles-Only Multitarget Tracking for Spacecraft Swarms;                                
Acta Astronautica, Volume 189, December 2021, pp. 514-529. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.08.049

Romero-Wolf, A., Bryden, G., Agnes, G., Arenberg, J. W., Bradford, S. C., D’Amico, S., Debes, J., Greenhouse, M., Hu, R., Matousek, S., Rhodes, J., Ziemer, J.;                                
Starshade Rendezvous: exoplanet orbit constraints from multi-epoch direct imaging ;                                
J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 7(2) 021219 (June, 2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021219

Sullivan, J., Koenig, A. W., Kruger, J., D'Amico, S.;                                
Generalized Angles-Only Navigation Architecture for Autonomous Distributed Space Systems;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 44, No. 6 (April, 2021), pp. 1087-1105. DOI: doi/abs/10.2514/1.G005439

Lippe, C., D'Amico, S.;                                
Chief Spacecraft Orbit Refinement for Optimal Spacecraft Swarm Reconfiguration;                                
Acta Astronautica, Volume 183, June 2021, pp. 162-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.03.011

Stacey, N., D'Amico, S.;                                
Adaptive and Dynamically Constrained Process Noise Estimation for Orbit Determination;                                
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2021). DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2021.3074205                                

Koenig, A. W., D'Amico, S.;                                
Fast Algorithm for Fuel-Optimal Impulsive Control of Linear Systems with Time-Varying Cost;                                
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2021). DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2020.3027804

Chernick, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Closed-Form Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Formations Using Reachable Set Theory;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 25-44 (2021). DOI: doi/abs/10.2514/1.G005218

Peretz E., Mather J., Hall K., Pabarcius L., Canzoniero C., Gilchrist K., Lierber-Kotz M., Slonaker R.,Yu W., Hughes S., Hur-Diaz S., Koenig A., D'Amico S.;                                
Exoplanet imaging scheduling optimization for an orbiting starshade working with Extremely Large Telescopes;                                
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 7(2), 021213 (2021). DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021213

Conference Proceedings

Agarwal, R., Oh, B., Fitzpatrick, D., Buynovskiy, A., Lowe, S., Lisy, C., Kriezis, A., Lan, B., Lee, Z., Thomas, A., Wallace, B., Costantino, E., Miner, G., Thayer, J., D’Amico, S., Lemmer, K., Lohmeyer, W., Palo, S.;                                
Coordinating Development of the SWARM-EX CubeSat Swarm Across Multiple Institutions ;                                
35th Annual Conference on Small Satellites, Utah State University, August 7-12 (2021).

Park, T. H., Bosse, J., D’Amico, S.;                                
Robotic Testbed for Rendezvous and Optical Navigation: Multi-Source Calibration and Machine Learning Use Cases;                                
2021 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, Virtual, August 9-11 (2021).

Willis, M., D'Amico, S.;                                
Cartesian Relative Motion on Perturbed Eccentric Orbits and Closed-Form Solution for J2 Effects at Low Inclinations ;                                
2021 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, Virtual, August 9-11 (2021).

Koenig A. W., Kruger J., Sullivan J., D'Amico S.;                                
ARTMS: Enabling Autonomous Distributed Angles-Only Orbit Estimation for Spacecraft Swarms;                                
2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26-28 (2021).

Kruger J., Wallace K., Koenig A. W., D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous Angles-Only Navigation for Spacecraft Swarms around Planetary Bodies;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 6-13 (2021).                                

Koenig A. W., D'Amico S., Peretz E., Yu W., Hur-Diaz S., Mather J.;                                
Optimal Spacecraft Orbit Design for Inertial Alignment with Ground Telescopes;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 6-13 (2021).

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Minimization of Delta-v for Satellite Swarm Maintenance in Eccentric Orbits using a Virtual Chief;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 6-13 (2021).

Dennison K., D'Amico S.;                                
Comparing Optical Tracking Techniques in Distributed Asteroid Orbiter Missions Using Ray-Tracing;                                
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Virtual Event, February 1-4 (2021).

Willis M., D'Amico S.;                                
Analytical Description of Relative Position and Velocity on J2-Perturbed Eccentric Orbits;                                
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Virtual Event, February 1-4 (2021).

Stacey N., D'Amico S.;                                
Process Noise Covariance Modeling For Absolute and Relative Orbit Determination;                                
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Virtual Event, February 1-4 (2021).

Giralo V., D'Amico S.;                                
Precise Real-Time Relative Orbit Determination for Large Baseline Formations Using GNSS;                                
Institute of Navigation, International Technical Meeting, Virtual Event, January 25-28 (2021).

Guffanti T., D'Amico S.;                                
Multi-Agent Passive Safe Optimal Control using Integration Constants as State Variables;                                
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Virtual Event, January 11-15 & 19-21 (2021). DOI: 10.2514/6.2021-1101

Koenig A. W., D'Amico S., Lightsey E. G.;                                
Formation Flying Orbit and Control Concept for the VISORS Mission;                                
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Virtual Event, January 11-15 & 19-21 (2021).                                

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous Reference Orbit Refinement for Optimal Swarm Reconfiguration;                                
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Virtual Event, January 11-15 & 19-21 (2021).

Doctoral Theses

Lippe C.;                                
Optimal Guidance and Control of Spacecraft Swarms in Planetary and Asteroid Orbits                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2021).

Giralo V.;                                
Precision Navigation of Miniaturized Distributed Space Systems using GNSS;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2021).

Chernick M.;                                
Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2021).

Published Datasets

Park, T. H., Märtens, M., Lecuyer, G., Izzo, D., D’Amico, S.;                                
Next Generation Spacecraft Pose Estimation Dataset (SPEED+) ;                                
Stanford Digital Repository (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25740/wv398fc4383.

 


2020



Journal Articles

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Spacecraft Swarm Dynamics and Control About Asteroids;                                
Advances in Space Research (December, 2020), DOI: 10.1016/J.ASR.2020.06.037.

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Minimization of Delta-v for Satellite Swarm Maintenance Using a Virtual Chief;                                
IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems (2020). DOI: 10.1109/JMASS.2020.3026633.

Kisantal M., Sharma S., Park T. H., Izzo D., Märtens M., D'Amico S.;                                
Satellite Pose Estimation Challenge: Dataset, Competition Design and Results;                                
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 4083-4098 (2020). DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2020.2989063

Sharma S., D'Amico S.;                                
Neural Network-Based Pose Estimation for Noncooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous;                                
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2020). DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2020.2999148.

Conference Proceedings

Palo S.E., Pilinski M., Thayer J.P., Lohmeyer W.Q., Lemmer K.M., D'Amico S., Lightsey G.E., Latif S.;                                
The Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment (SWARM-EX): A New NSF Supported CubeSat Project;                                
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Online Everywhere, December 1-17 (2020).

Giralo V., Chernick M., D'Amico S.;                                
Guidance, Navigation, and Control for the DWARF Formation-Flying Mission;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Koenig A. W., D'Amico S.;                                
Observability-Aware Numerical Algorithm for Angles-Only Initial Relative Orbit Determination;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Kruger J., D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous Angles-Only Multi-Target Tracking for Spacecraft Swarms;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Adaptive Filter for Osculating-to-Mean Relative Orbital Elements (ROE) Conversion;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Park T. H., D'Amico S.;                                
Generative Model for Spacecraft Image Synthesis using Limited Dataset;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Willis M., D'Amico S.;                                
Applications and Limitations of Angles-Only Relative Navigation Using Polynomial Solutions;                                
2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 9 - 13 (2020).

Doctoral Theses

Sullivan J.;                                
Nonlinear Angles-Only Orbit Estimation for Autonomous Distributed Space Systems;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2020).

Published Datasets

Sharma S., Park T. H., D'Amico S.;                                
Spacecraft Pose Estimation Dataset (SPEED);                                
Stanford Digital Repository (2020).

 


2019



Journal Articles

Giralo V., D'Amico S.;                                
Distributed Multi-GNSS Timing and Localization for Nanosatellites;                                
Navigation: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 729-746 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/navi.337

Koenig A. W., Macintosh B., D'Amico S.;                                
Formation Design of Distributed Telescopes in Earth Orbit for Astrophysics Applications;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2019). DOI: 10.2514/1.A34420

Guffanti T., D'Amico S.;                                
Linear Models for Spacecraft Relative Motion Perturbed by Solar Radiation Pressure;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 1962-1981 (2019). DOI: 10.2514/1.G002822.

Beierle C., D'Amico S.;                                
Variable Magnification Optical Stimulator for Training and Validation of Spaceborne Vision-Based Navigation;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2019). DOI: 10.2514/1.A34337

Di Mauro G., Spiller D., Bevilacqua R., D’Amico S.;                                
Spacecraft Formation Flying Reconfiguration with Extended and Impulsive Maneuvers;                                
Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 356, Issue 6, pp. 3474-3507 (April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2019.02.012

Conference Proceedings

Macintosh, B., D'Amico, S., Koenig, A., Madurowicz, A.;                                
The Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment (SWARM-EX): A New NSF Supported CubeSat Project;                                
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 1-17 (2019).

Seager, S., Kasdin, N. J., Booth, J., Greenhouse, M., Lisman, D., Macintosh, B., Shaklan, S., Vess, M., Warwick, S., Webb, D., D'Amico, S., Debes, J., Domagal-Goldman, S., Hildebrandt, S., Hu, R., Hughes, M., Kiessling, A., Lewis, N., Rhodes, J., Rizzo, M. R. A., Robinson, T.; Rogers, L., Savransky, D., Scharf, D., Stark, C., Turnbull, M., Romero-Wolf, A., Ziemer, J., Gray, A., Hughes, M., Agnes, G., Arenberg, J., Bradford, S.; Fong, M., Gregory, J., Matousek, S., Murphy, J., Willems, P.;                                
Starshade Rendezvous Probe Mission;                                
Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 106; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 106 (2019).

Arenberg, J., O'Meara, J., Tumlinson, J., Gelino, D., Garcia, M., Carey, S., Wolk, S., Wolk, N., D'Amico, S, Wirz, R., Genet, R., Barnhart, D., Freed, R., Tock, K.;                                
Stella Splendida: Building the science and engineering workforce of the 21st Century;                                
Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 68; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 68 (2019).

Mather, J., Arenberg, J., D'Amico, S., Cash, W., Greenhouse, M., Harness, A., Hoerbelt, T., Kain, I., Kausch, W., Kimeswenger, S., Lisse, C., Martin, S., Noll, S., Peretz, E., Przybilla, N., Seager, S., Shaklan, S., Snellen, I., Willems, P.;                                
Orbiting Starshade: Observing Exoplanets at visible wavelengths with GMT, TMT, and ELT;                                
Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 48; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 48 (2019).

Willis M., Alfriend T., D'Amico S.;                                
Second-Order Solution for Relative Motion on Eccentric Orbits in Curvilinear Coordinates;                                
2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, Maine, August 11 - 15 (2019).

Park T. H., Sharma S., D'Amico S.;                                
Towards Robust Learning-Based Pose Estimation of Noncooperative Spacecraft;                                
2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, Maine, August 11 - 15 (2019).                                

Stacey N., D'Amico S.;                                
Adaptive and Dynamically Constrained Process Noise Estimation for Orbit Determination;                                
2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, Maine, August 11 - 15 (2019).

Lippe C., D'Amico S.;                                
Spacecraft Swarm Dynamics and Control About Asteroids;                                
2019 International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), University of Strathclyde Glasglow, UK, July 16 – 19 (2019).                                

Catanoso D., Kempf F., Schilling K., D'Amico S.;                                
Networked Model Predictive Control for Satellite Formation-Flying;                                
2019 International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), University of Strathclyde Glasglow, UK, July 16 – 19 (2019).

D'Amico S., Koenig A., Macintosh B., Mauro D.;                                
System Design of the Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope (mDOT) Science Mission;                                
33rd Annual Conference on Small Satellites, Utah State University, August 3-8 (2019).

Willis M., Lovell A., D'Amico S.;                                
Second Order Analytical Solution for Relative Motion on Arbitrarily Eccentric Orbits;                                
29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ka'anapali, Maui, HI, January 13-17 (2019).

Sharma S., D'Amico S.;                                
Pose Estimation for Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous Using Neural Networks;                                
29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ka'anapali, Maui, HI, January 13-17 (2019).

Technical Notes

D'Amico S., Giralo, V.;                                
Evaluation of GPS Altitude Accuracy of the LX9000 High Altitude Flight Recorder;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), September 17 (2019).

Park T. H., D'Amico S.;                                
ESA Pose Estimation Challenge 2019;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), July 3 (2019).

Koenig A., D'Amico S.;                                
Orbit Design and Control for the Earth-Orbiting Starshade Mission;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), September 30 (2019).

Doctoral Theses

Sharma S.;                                
Pose Estimation of Uncooperative Spacecraft using Monocular Vision and Deep Learning;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2019).

Koenig A.;                                
Formation Design of Distributed Telescopes in Earth Orbit with Application to High-Contrast Imaging;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2019).                                

Beierle C.;                                
High Fidelity Validation of Vision-Based Sensors and Algorithms for Spaceborne Navigation;                                
Stanford University, PhD Thesis (2019).

Fact Sheets

D'Amico S.;                                
Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope (mDOT);                                
Mission Fact Sheet, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), July 16 (2019).

D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous Nanosatellite Swarming using Radio-Frequency and Optical Navigation (ANS);                                
NASA Fact Sheet, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), July 16 (2019).

D'Amico S.;                                
Distributed multi-GNSS Timing and Localization System (DiGiTaL);                                
NASA Fact Sheet, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), July 16 (2019).

 


2018



Journal Articles

Koenig A. W., D'Amico S.;                                
Safe Spacecraft Swarm Deployment and Acquisition in Perturbed Near-Circular Orbits Subject to Operational Constraints;                                
Acta Astronautica, Vol. 153, pp. 297-310 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.01.037.

Koenig A. W., D’Amico S.;                                
Robust and Safe N-Spacecraft Swarming in Perturbed Near-Circular Orbits;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 1643-1662 (2018). https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G003249.

Willis M., D’Amico S.;                                
Analytical Approach to Formation-Flying with Low-Thrust Relative Spiral Trajectories;                                
Acta Astronautica, Vol. 153, pp. 175-190 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.02.002.

Di Mauro G., Bevilacqua R.,Spiller D., Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
Continuous Maneuvers for Spacecraft Formation-Flying Reconfiguration using Relative Orbit Elements;                                
Acta Astronautica, Vol. 153, pp. 311-326 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.01.043.

Chernick M., D'Amico S.;                                
New Closed-Form Solutions for Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 301-319 (2018).

Sharma S., Ventura, J., D’Amico S.;                                
Robust Model-Based Monocular Pose Initialization for Noncooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2018).

Conference Proceedings

Giralo V., D'Amico S.;                                
Distributed Multi-GNSS Timing and Localization for Nanosatellites;                                
ION GNSS+ 2018, Miami, FL, September 24-28 (2018).                                

Stacey N., D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous Swarming for Simultaneous Navigation and Asteroid Characterization;                                
2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, UT, August 19-23 (2018).

Sullivan J., Lovell A., D'Amico S.;                                
Angles-Only Navigation for Autonomous On-Orbit Space Situational Awareness Applications;                                
2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, UT, August 19-23 (2018).

Chernick M., D'Amico S.;                                
Closed-Form Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Formations using Reachable Set Theory;                                
2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, UT, August 19-23 (2018).

Sanchez H., McIntosh D., Cannon H., Pires C., Sullivan J., O'Connor B., D'Amico S.;                                
Starling1: Swarm Technology Demonstration;                                
32nd Annual Small Satellite Conference, AIAA/USU, SSC18-VII-08, Logan, UT, August 4-9 (2018).

Beierle C., Norton A., Macintosh B., D’Amico S.;                                
Two-Stage Attitude Control for Direct Imaging of Exoplanets with a CubeSat Telescope;                                
SPIE 2018 Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Austin, Texas, June 10-15 (2018).

Guffanti T., D’Amico S.;                                
Integration Constants as State Variables for Optimal Path Planning;                                
European Control Conference, Lymassol, Cyprus, June 12-15 (2018).

Giralo V., D’Amico S.;                                
Development of the Stanford GNSS Navigation Testbed for Distributed Space Systems;                                
Institute of Navigation, International Technical Meeting, Reston, Virginia, January 29-February 1 (2018).

Sharma S., Beierle C., D’Amico S.;                                
Pose Estimation for Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous Using Convolutional Neural Networks;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 3-10 (2018).

Taylor M., et al.;                                
Polar Orbiting Infrared Tracking Receiver (POINTR);                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 3-10 (2018).

Sharma S., Beierle C., D'Amico S.;                                
Generative Adversarial Networks for High-Fidelity Simulation of Spacecraft Proximity Operations;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), April 23 (2018).

 


2017



Journal Articles

 Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
Nonlinear Kalman Filtering for Improved Angles-Only Navigation Using Relative Orbital Elements;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 2183-2200 (September 2017).

Sullivan J., Grimberg S., D’Amico S.;                                
Comprehensive Survey and Assessment of Spacecraft Relative Motion Dynamics Models;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 1837-1859 (August 2017).

Conference Proceedings

Sharma S., Beierle C., D’Amico S.;                                
Towards Pose Determination for Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous using Convolutional Neural Networks;                                
International Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA), Orlando, Florida, November 13-15 (2017).

Koenig A.W., Guffanti T., D'Amico S.;                                
New State Transition Matrices for Spacecraft Relative Motion in Perturbed Orbits;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 7, pp. 1749-1768 (September 2017).

Di Mauro G., Bevilacqua R.,Spiller D., Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
Continuous Maneuvers for Spacecraft Formation-Flying Reconfiguration using Relative Orbit Elements;                                
9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flight (IWSCFF), The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, June 19-21, 2017.

Willis M., D’Amico S.;                                
Analytical Approach to Formation Flying with Low-Thrust Relative Spiral Trajectories;                                
9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flight (IWSCFF), The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, June 19-21, 2017.

Koenig A., D’Amico S.;                                
Safe Spacecraft Swarm Deployment and Acquisition in Perturbed Near-Circular Orbits subject to Operational Constraints;                                
9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flight (IWSCFF), The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, June 19-21, 2017.

Beierle C., Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
Design and Utilization of the Stanford Vision-Based Navigation Testbed for Spacecraft Rendezvous;                                
9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flight (IWSCFF), The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, June 19-21, 2017.

Willis M., D’Amico S.;                                
Relative Spiral Trajectories for Low-Thrust Formation Flying;                                
26th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), Matsuyama, Japan, June 3-9, 2017.

Koenig A., D’Amico S.;                                
Robust and Safe N-Spacecraft Swarming in Perturbed Near-Circular Orbits;                                
26th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), Matsuyama, Japan, June 3-9, 2017.

Beierle C., Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
High-Fidelity Verification of Vision-Based Sensors for Inertial and Far-Range Spacecraft Navigation;                                
26th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), Matsuyama, Japan, June 3-9, 2017.

Sullivan J., D’Amico S.;                                
Adaptive Filtering for Maneuver-Free Angles-Only Navigation in Eccentric Orbits;                                
27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas , February 5-9, 2017.

Guffanti T., D’Amico S., Lavagna M.;                                
Long-Term Analytical Propagation of Satellite Relative Motion in Perturbed Orbits;                                
27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas , February 5-9, 2017.

Steindorf L., D’Amico S., Scharnagl J., Kempf F., Schilling K.;                                
Constrained Low-Thrust Satellite Formation-Flying using Relative Orbit Elements;                                
27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas , February 5-9, 2017.

Sharma S., D’Amico S.;                                
Reduced-Dynamics Pose Estimation for Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous using Monocular Vision;                                
40th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 2-8, 2017.

Technical Notes

Giralo V., Eddy D., D'Amico S.;                                
Development and Verication of the Stanford GNSS Navigation Testbed for Spacecraft Formation Flying;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), July 18, 2017.

 


2016



Journal Articles

Sharma S., D’Amico S.;                                
Comparative Assessment of Techniques for Initial Pose Estimation using Monocular Vision;                                
Acta Astronautica, 123 pp. 435-445 (2016).                                
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.12.032

Sharma S., Koenig A., Sullivan J., D'Amico S.;                                
Verification of Light-box Devices for Earth Albedo Simulation;                                
Technical Note, Stanford Space Rendezvous Lab (SLAB), January (2016).

Conference Proceedings

Koenig A.W., Guffanti T., D'Amico S.;                                
New State Transition Matrices for Relative Motion of Spacecraft Formations in Perturbed Orbits;                                
AIAA Space and Astronautics Form and Exposition, SPACE 2016, Long Beach Convention Center California, 13-16 September, 2016.

Chernick M., D'Amico S.;                                
New Closed-Form Solutions for Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion;                                
AIAA Space and Astronautics Form and Exposition, SPACE 2016, Long Beach Convention Center California, 13-16 September, 2016.

Riggi L., D'Amico S.;                                
Optimal Impulsive Closed-Form Control for Spacecraft Formation Flying and Rendezvous;                                
2016 American Control Conference, July 6–8, Boston, MA, USA (2016).

Kolmas J., Banazadeh P., Koenig A.W., D‘Amico S.,Macintosh B.;                                
System Design of a Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope for Direct Imaging of Star Vicinity;                                
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2016.

Sullivan J., Koenig A., D‘Amico S.;                                
Improved Maneuver-Free Approach to Angles-Only Navigation for Space Rendezvous;                                
26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, February 14-18, 2016.

 


2015



Journal Articles

Allende G., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O., Hugentobler U., Delpech M.;                                
Radio-Frequency Sensor Fusion for Relative Navigation of Formation Flying Satellites;                                
International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 129-147 (2015).                                
DOI: 10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.072333

Wermuth M., Gaias G., D’Amico S.;                                
Safe Picosatellite Release from a Small Satellite Carrier;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 52, N.5, pp. 1338-1347 (2015).                                
DOI: 10.2514/1.A33036

Gaias G., D’Amico S.;                                
Impulsive Maneuvers for Formation Reconfiguration using Relative Orbital Elements;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 1036-1049 (2015).                                
DOI: 10.2514/1.G000189

Gaias G., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S.;                                
Generalized Multi-Impulsive Maneuvers for Optimum Spacecraft Rendezvous in Near-Circular Orbit;                                
International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, Vol.3, No.1, pp.68 - 88 (2015)                                
DOI: 10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.069361

Conference Proceedings

Koenig A.W., D'Amico S., Macintosh B., Titus C.J.;                                
Formation Design Analysis of a Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope in Earth Orbit;                                
25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ISSFD, Munich, Germany, October 19 - 23, 2015.

Singh S., D'Amico S., Pavone M.;                                
High-Fidelity Modeling and Control System Synthesis for a Drag-Free Microsatellite;                                
25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ISSFD, Munich, Germany, October 19 - 23, 2015.

Koenig A.W., D'Amico S., Macintosh B., Titus C.J.;                                
A Pareto-Optimal Characterization of Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope Systems;                                
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015, San Diego, California, United States, 9 - 13 August 2015.

Koenig A.W., D'Amico S., Macintosh B., Titus C.J.;                                
Optimal Formation Design of a Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope in Earth Orbit;                                
2015 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Vail, Colorado, United States, 9 - 13 August 2015.

Sharma S., D’Amico S.;                                
Comparative Assessment of Techniques for Initial Pose Estimation using Monocular Vision;                                
8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying, IWSCFF 2015, 8-10 June, Delft University of Technology (2015).

D’Amico S., Pavone M., Saraf S., Alhussien A., Al-Saud T., Buchman S., Byer R., Farhat C.;                                
Miniaturized Autonomous Distributed Space System for Future Science and Exploration;                                
8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying, IWSCFF 2015, 8-10 June, Delft University of Technology (2015).

 


2014



Journal Articles

D’Amico S., Benn M., and Jørgensen J.L.;                                
Pose Estimation of an Uncooperative Spacecraft from Actual Space Imagery;                                
International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, Vol.2, No.2, pp.171 - 189 (2014).                                
DOI: 10.1504/IJSPACESE.2014.060600

Gaias G., D’Amico S., and Ardaens J.-S.;                                
Angles-Only Navigation to a Noncooperative Satellite Using Relative Orbital Elements;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(2): 439-451,2014                                
DOI: 10.2514/1.61494

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Radice G.;                                
Virtual Formation Method for Precise Autonomous Absolute Orbit Control;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(2): 425-438, 2014                                
DOI: 10.2514/1.61575

Conference Proceedings

Gaias G., Ardaens J.-S., and D’Amico S.;                                
The Autonomous Vision Approach Navigation and Target Identification (AVANTI) Experiment: Objectives and Design;                                
ESA GNC 2014, 9th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems, 2-6 June 2014, Oporto, Portugal (2014).

Ardaens J.-S., D’Amico S., and Sommer J.;                                
GPS Navigation System for Challenging Close-Proximity Formation-Flight;                                
24th International Symposium on Spaceflight Dynamics, 5-9 May 2014, Laurel, USA (2014).

Kahle R., D’Amico S.;                                
The TerraSAR-X Precise Orbit Control – Concept and Flight Results;                                
24th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 5-9 May 2014, Laurel, USA (2014).

Wermuth M., D’Amico S., and Gaias G.;                                
Safe Release of a Picosatellite from a Small Satellite Carrier in Low Earth Orbit;                                
24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 26-30 Jan. 2014, Santa Fe, USA (2014).

 


2013



Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S., Cropp A.;                                
GPS-based Relative Navigation for the Proba-3 Formation Flying Mission;                                
Acta Astronautica, 91: 341-355, 2013                                
DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.06.025

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Radice G.;                                
Flight Results of Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on PRISMA Mission;                                
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 50 (3): 662-674, 2013                                
DOI 10.2514/1.A32347

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., De Florio, S.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying based on GPS - PRISMA Flight Results;                                
Acta Astronautica, 82 (1): 69-79, 2013                                
DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.033

D'Amico S., Ardaens J., Gaias G., Benninghoff H., Schlepp B., Joergensen J. L.;                                
Noncooperative Rendezvous using Angles-only Optical Navigation: System Design and Flight Results;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36 (6): 1576-1595, 2013                                
DOI 10.2514/1.59236

Allende G., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O., Hugentobler U., Delpech M.;                                
FFRF and GPS Sensor Fusion for Relative Navigation of Formation Flying Satellites;                                
5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies, 29-31 May, 2013, Munich, Germany (2013);

Gaias G., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S.,                                
Generalized Multi-Impulsive Maneuvers for Optimum Spacecraft Rendezvous;                                
5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies, 29-31 May, 2013, Munich, Germany (2013);

D'Amico S., Benn M., Joergensen J. L.;                                
Pose Estimation of an Uncooperative Spacecraft from Actual Space Imagery;                                
5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies, 29-31 May, 2013, Munich, Germany (2013);

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Radice G.;                                
Combined Autonomous Absolute and Relative Orbit Control in Low Earth Orbit;                                
5th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies, 29-31 May, 2013, Munich, Germany (2013);

 


2012



D’Amico S., Bodin P., Delpech M., Noteborn R.;                                
PRISMA; Chap 21, pp. 599-637. In: D'Errico M. (Ed.)                                
Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring Space Technology Library, 2013, Volume 31, Part 4, 599-637.                                
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_21

Montenbruck O., D'Amico S.;                                
GPS Based Relative Navigation;                                
Chap 5, pp. 185-223. In: D'Errico M. (Ed.)                                
Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring Space Technology Library, 2013, Volume 31, Part 2, 185-223.                                
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_5

D’Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Larsson R.                                
Spaceborne Autonomous Formation-Flying Experiment on the PRISMA Mission;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol.35, no.3, 834-850 (2012).                                
DOI 10.2514/1.55638

D’Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., De Florio S.                                
Autonomous formation flying based on GPS - PRISMA flight results;                                
Acta Astronautica (2012).                                
DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.033

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S. , Montenbruck O.;                                
Final commissioning of the PRISMA GPS navigation system;                                
Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Sciences and Applications, 4(3):104:118 (2012).

D’Amico S., Larsson R.;                                
Navigation and Control of the PRISMA Formation: In-Orbit Experience;                                
Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, 2(5):312-320 (2012).

D’Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Gaias G., Schlepp B., Benninghoff H., Tzschichholz T., Karlsson T., Jørgensen J. L.;                                
Flight Demonstration of Non-Cooperative Rendezvous using Optical Navigation;                                
23th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 29 October - 2 November, 2012, Pasadena, CA, USA (2012).

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S., Cropp A.;                                
GPS-Based Relative Navigation for the PROBA-3 Formation Flying Mission;                                
63rd International Astronautical Congress, 1-5 October, 2012, Naples (2012).

De Florio S., D'Amico S., and Radice G.;                                
Precise Autonomous Orbit Control in Low Earth Orbit;                                
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 13 - 16 August 2012, Minneapolis, MN, USA (2012).

Gaias G., D'Amico S., and Ardaens J.-S.;                                
Angles-only Navigation to a Non-Cooperative Satellite using Relative Orbital Elements;                                
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 13 - 16 August 2012, Minneapolis, MN, USA (2012).

De Florio S., D’Amico S., Radice G.;                                
Flight Results of the Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission;                                
AAS 12-179; 22nd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 29 Jan. - 2 Feb. 2012, Charleston, SC (2012).

Bodin P., Noteborn R., Larsson R., Karlsson Th., D’Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Delpech M., Berges J.-C.;                                
Prisma Formation Flying Demonstrator: Overview and Conclusions from the Nominal Mission;                                
AAS 12-072; 35th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, 3-8 Feb. 2012, Breckenridge, Colorado (2012).

 


2011



D'Amico S., Larsson R.;                                
Navigation and Control of the PRISMA Formation: In-Orbit Experience;                                
18th IFAC World Congress, 28 Aug.- 2Sep 2011, Milano, Italy (2011).

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Larsson R.;                                
Spaceborne Autonomous Formation Flying Experiment on the PRISMA Mission;                                
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 8-11 Aug. 2011, Portland, USA (2011).

Montenbruck O., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Wermuth M.;                                
Carrier Phase Differential GPS for LEO Formation Flying - The PRISMA and TanDEM-X Flight Experience;                                
AAS 11-489; AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 31 July - 4 Aug 2011, Girdwood, USA (2011).

Gaias G., Ardeans J.-S., D'Amico S.;                                
Formation Flying Testbed at DLR's German Space Operations Center;                                
8th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems; 5-10 June 2010, Carlsbad, Czech Republic (2011).

Larsson R., Noteborn R., Bodin P., D'Amico S., Karlsson T., Carlsson A.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying in LEO - Seven months of routine formation flying with frequent reconfigurations;                                
4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies; 18-20 May 2011, St-Hubert, Quebec (2011).

Larsson R., D'Amico S., Noteborn R., Bodin P.;                                
GPS Navigation Based Proximity Operations by the PRISMA Satellites - Flight Results;                                
4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies; 18-20 May 2011, St-Hubert, Quebec (2011).

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Larsson R.;                                
In-Flight Demonstration of Formation Control based on Relative Orbital Elements;                                
4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies; 18-20 May 2011, St-Hubert, Quebec (2011).

Ardaens J.S., D'Amico S., Fischer D.;                                
Early Flight Results from the TanDEM-X Autonomous Formation Flying System;                                
4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies; 18-20 May 2011, St-Hubert, Quebec (2011).

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Radice G.;                                
Operation Concept of the Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission;                                
8th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, 4-8 April 2011, Berlin (2011).

Spurmann J., D'Amico S.;                                
Proximity Operations of On-Orbit Servicing Spacecraft using an Eccentricity/Inclination Vector Separation;                                
22nd International Symposium on Spaceflight Dynamics; 28 Feb. - 4 March 2011, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil (2011).

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Final Commissioning of the PRISMA GPS Navigation System;                                
22nd International Symposium on Spaceflight Dynamics; 28 Feb. - 4 March 2011, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil (2011).

 


2010



D'Amico S.;                                
Autonomous formation flying in low earth orbit;                                
PhD thesis; Technical University of Delft (2010).

D’Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Differential GPS: An Enabling Technology for Formation Flying Satellites;                                
in: Sandau R., Röser H.-P., Valenzuela A.;                                
Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation;                                
pp. 457-466; Springer Verlag (2010).                                
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03501-2_43

Perea L., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.S., Elosegui P.;                                
Relative Control of a Virtual Telescope in a High Elliptical Orbit using GNSS and Optical Metrology;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 33/4, 1281-1287 (2010).                                
DOI 10.2514/1.48287

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Flight Results from the PRISMA GPS-Based Navigation;                                
5th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies, NAVITEC'2010, 8-10 Dec. 2010, Noordwijk, Netherlands (2010).

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., DeFlorio S.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying Based on GPS - PRISMA Flight Results;                                
6th International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying, 1-3 Nov. 2010, Taipei, Taiwan (2010).

Gaias G., D'Amico, Boge T.;                                
Hardware-in-the-loop Multi-satellite Simulator for Proximity Operations;                                
11th Int. WS on Simulation & EGSE facilities for Space Programmes; SESP 2010, 28-30 September 2010, Noordwijk, Netherlands.

Persson S., D'Amico S., Harr J.;                                
Flight Results from PRISMA Formation Flying and Rendezvous Demonstration Mission;                                
IAC-10-B4.2.9; 61st International Astronautical Congress, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2010,Prague, CZ. (2010).

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S.;                                
Autonomous Navigation and Control of Formation Fliyng Spacecraft on the PRISMA Mission;                                
IAC-10.C1.5.12; 61st International Astronautical Congress, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2010,Prague, CZ. (2010).

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.S., De Florio S., Montenbruck O., Persson S., Noteborn R.;                                
GPS-Based Spaceborne Autonomous Formation Flying Experiment (SAFE) on PRISMA: Initial Commissioning;                                
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2-5 August 2010, Toronto, Canada.

Ardaens J.S., Montenbruck O., D'Amico S.;                                
Functional and Performance Validation of the PRISMA Precise Orbit Determination Facility;                                
ION International Technical Meeting, 25-27 Jan. 2010, San Diego, California (2010).

Persson S., Harr J., D'Amico S., Jörgensen J.;                                
PRISMA - Formation Flying Project Close to Launch;                                
Small Satellites Systems and Services- The 4S Symposium, 31 May - 4 June 2010, Madeira, Portugal (2010).

 


2009



Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S.;                                
Spaceborne Autonomous Relative Control System for Dual Satellite Formations;                                
Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 32(6):1859-1870 (2009).                                
DOI 10.2514/1.42855

Delong N., Laurichesse D., Harr J., D'Amico S.;                                
PRISMA Relative Orbit Determination using GPS Measurements;                                
21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 28 Sep. -2 Oct. 2009, Toulouse, France (2009).

L. Perea, S. D’Amico, P. Elosegui;                                
Relative Orbit Control of a Virtual Telescope in an Eccentric Orbit;                                
21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 28 Sep. -2 Oct. 2009, Toulouse, France (2009).

D’Amico S., De Florio S., Larsson R., Nylund M.;                                
Autonomous Formation Keeping and Reconfiguration for Remote Sensing Spacecraft;                                
21st International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 28 Sep. -2 Oct. 2009, Toulouse, France (2009).

D’Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Navigation of Formation Flying Spacecraft using GPS: the PRISMA Technology Demonstration;                                
ION-GNSS-2009, 22 Sep. - 25 Sep. 2009, Savannah, USA (2009).

D’Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Differential GPS: An Enabling Technology for Formation Flying Satellites;                                
7th IAA Symposium on Small Satellite for Earth Observation, 4-8 May 2009, Berlin (2009)

De Florio S., Gill E., D’Amico S.;                                
Performance Comparison of Microprocessors for Space-based Navigation Applications;                                
7th IAA Symposium on Small Satellite for Earth Observation, 4-8 May 2009, Berlin (2009)

De Florio S., D’Amico S.;                                
Optimal Autonomous Orbit Control of Remote Sensing Spacecraft;                                
19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 8-12 Feb 2009, Savannah, USA (2009).

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S.;                                
Formation Flying Testbed;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 09-01; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2009).

 


2008



De Florio S., D'Amico S.;                                
The Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission;                                
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 56(4), 477-494 (2009).

Montenbruck O., Kahle R., D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S.;                                
Navigation and Control of the TanDEM-X Formation;                                
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 56(3):341-357 (2008).

Yamamoto T., D'Amico S.;                                
Hardware-in-the-loop Demonstration of GPS-Based Autonomous Formation Flying;                                
4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies, NAVITEC'2008, 10-12 December 2008, Noordwijk (2008).

Montenbruck O., Delpech M., Ardaens J.-S., Delong N., D'Amico S., Harr J.;                                
Cross-Validation of GPS and FFRF-Based Relative Navigation for the PRISMA Mission;                                
4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies, NAVITEC'2008, 10-12 December 2008, Noordwijk (2008).

D'Amico S., Montenbruck O., Larsson R., Chasset C.;                                
GPS-Based Relative Navigation during the Separation Sequence of the PRISMA Mission;                                
AIAA-2008-6661; AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, 18-21 Aug. 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii (2008).

D'Amico S., Ardaens J.-S., De Florio S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying - TanDEM-X, PRISMA and Beyond;                                
5th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations & Formation Flying, 2-4 July 08, Evpatoria, Crimea (2008).

D'Amico S., De Florio S., Ardaens J. S., Yamamoto T.;                                
Offline and Hardware-in-the-loop Validation of the GPS-based Real-Time Navigation System for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission;                                
3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying, Missions and Technology, 23-25 April 2008, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (2008).

Ardaens J.-S., D'Amico S., Ulrich D., Fischer D.;                                
TanDEM-X Autonomous Formation Flying System;                                
3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying, Missions and Technology, 23-25 April 2008, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (2008).

De Florio S., D'Amico S., Gracia-Fernandez M.;                                
The Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission;                                
AAS 08-212; 18th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 28-31 Jan. 2008, Galveston, Texas (2008).

Ardaens J.S., D’Amico S.;                                
Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft at a Lagrange Point;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 08-01; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2007).

 


2007



Gill E., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying for the PRISMA Mission;                                
AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44/3, 671-681 (2007).                                
DOI 10.2514/1.23015

Rupp T., D'Amico S., Montenbruck O., Gill E.;                                
Autonomous Formation Flying at DLR's German Space Operations Center (GSOC);                                
IAC-07-D1.2; 58th International Astronautical Congress; 24-28 Sept. 2007; Hyderabad, India (2007).

Ardaens J.S., D’Amico S., Kazeminejad B., Montenbruck O., Gill E.;                                
Spaceborne Autonomous and Ground Based Relative Orbit Control for the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Formation;                                
20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics; 24-28 Sep. 2007, Annapolis, USA (2007).

Kahle R., Kazeminejad B., Kirschner M., Yoon Y., Kiehling R., D’Amico S.;                                
First In-orbit Experience of TerraSAR-X Flight Dynamics Operations;                                
20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics; 24-28 Sep. 2007, Annapolis, USA (2007).

 


2006



Montenbruck O., Kirschner M., D'Amico S., Bettadpur S.;                                
E/I-Vector Separation for Safe Switching of the GRACE Formation;                                
Aerospace Science and Technology 10/7, 628-635 (2006).                                
DOI 10.1016/j.ast.2006.04.001

Kohlhase A.O., Kroes R., D'Amico S.;                                
Interferometric baseline performance estimations for multistatic SAR configurations derived from GRACE GPS observations;                                
Journal of Geodesy 80/1, 28-39 (2006).                                
DOI 10.1007/s00190-006-0027-y

D'Amico S., Montenbruck O.;                                
Proximity Operations of Formation Flying Spacecraft using an Eccentricity/Inclination Vector Separation;                                
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 3, 554-563 (2006).

Enderle W., Fiedler H., De Florio S., Krieger G., Jochim F., D'Amico S., Dawson S., Kellar W.;                                
Next Generation GNSS for Navigation of Future SAR Constellations;                                
IAC-06-C1.8.06; 57th International Astronautical Congress, Oct. 2-6, 2006, Valencia, Spain (2006).

D'Amico S., Gill E., Montenbruck O..;                                
Relative Orbit Control Design for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission;                                
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 21-24 Aug. 2006, Keystone, Colorado (2006).

D'Amico S., Gill E., Garcia M., Montenbruck O., Gill E.;                                
GPS-Based Real-Time Navigation for the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission;                                
3rd ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies, NAVITEC'2006, 11-13 December 2006, Noordwijk (2006).

Kohlhase A., Kroes R., D'Amico S.;                                
Evaluating interferometric baseline performances in a close formation flight by using relative GRACE GPS navigation solutions;                                
19th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics; 4-11 June 2006, Kanazawa, Japan (2006).

Fiedler H., Krieger G., Werner M., Reiniger K., Diedrich E., Eineder M., D’Amico S., Riegger S.;                                
The TanDEM-X Mission Design and Data Acquisition Plan;                                
6th European Conference on Synthectic Aperture Radar, 16-18 May 2006, Dresden, Germany (2006).

Gill E., Montenbruck O., D'Amico S., Persson S.;                                
Autonomous Satellite Formation Flying for the PRISMA Technology Demonstration Mission;                                
16th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference, Jan. 22-26, 2006, Tampa, Florida (2006).

 


2005



D’Amico S., Montenbruck O., Arbinger Ch., Fiedler H.;                                
Formation Flying Concept for Close Remote Sensing Satellites;                                
AAS 05-156; 15th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference; Jan. 23-27, 2005; Copper Mountain, Colorado (2005).

D'Amico S.;                                
Relative Orbital Elements as Integration Constants of the Hill’s Equations;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 05-08; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2005).

D'Amico S.;                                
Flight Dynamics Operations for TanDEM-X Formation Flying;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 05-03; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2005).

 


2004



D’Amico S., Arbinger Ch., Kirschner M., Campagnola S.;                                
Generation of an Optimum Target Trajectory for the TerraSAR-X Repeat Observation Satellite;                                
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 11-15 Oct. 2004, Munich, Germany (2004).

Arbinger Ch., D’Amico S., Eineder M.;                                
Precise Ground-In-the-Loop Orbit Control for Low Earth Observation Satellites;                                
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 11-15 Oct. 2004, Munich, Germany (2004).

Arbinger Ch., D’Amico S.;                                
Impact of Orbit Prediction Accuracy on Low Earth Remote Sensing Flight Dynamics Operations;                                
18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 11-15 Oct. 2004, Munich, Germany (2004).

Montenbruck O., D’Amico S.;                                
Space Segment Requirements for TanDEM-X Formation Flying;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 04-09; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2004).

Montenbruck O., Kirschner M., D’Amico S.;                                
E/I-Vector Separation for GRACE Proximity Operations;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 04-08; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2004).

Kirschner M., D’Amico S.;                                
Generation of the TerraSar-X Reference Orbit ;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 04-06; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2004).

D’Amico S., Kirschner M., Arbinger Ch.;                                
Precise Orbit Control of LEO Repeat Observation Satellites with Ground-In-The-Loop;                                
DLR-GSOC TN 04-05; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (2004).

 


2003



Arbinger Ch., D'Amico S., Feucht U., Finzi A.;                                
The GRACE Formation: Science Mode Pointing Performance Analysis;                                
3rd International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formations, 24-26 Feb. 2003, Pisa (2003).

 


2002



D'Amico S.;                                
Attitude and orbital simulation in support of space mission operations: the GRACE formation flying;                                
Master Thesis, Politecnico di Milano (2002).