PhD Candidate Xiaodong Lu attended the 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference held in Broomfield, Colorado US on 11-15 August.
Xiaodong presented part of his PhD research entitled “Analytical optimisation of post mission disposal maneuvers towards an earth re-entry with averaged dynamics models”, proposing an analytical design scheme for spacecraft post mission disposal. By leveraging the natural perturbation effects and exploiting the semianalytical dynamics model, the required propellant could be largely reduced.