Averaging – COMPASS

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024News

Xiaodong Lu at the 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference in Broomfield, Colorado

PhD Candidate Xiaodong Lu attended the 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists Conference and presented his work entitled “Analytical optimisation of post mission disposal maneuvers towards an earth re-entry with averaged dynamics models”.

February 21, 2023June 18, 2023News

Xiaodong Lu at I-CELMEC Conference “New frontiers of Celestial Mechanics: theory and applications” in Padova

How to deorbit spacecrafts efficiently to guarantee the sustainability of the space environment? Last week Xiaodong Lu presented an approach to design the end-of-life disposal for spacecrafts at I-CELMEC Conference.

November 28, 2019December 3, 2019News

Publication of an article on the long-term attitude stability of quasi-rhombic-pyramid-shaped solar sails

The long-term stability of shuttercock-like solar sails is studied in a paper authored by Narcís Miguel and Camilla Colombo from the COMPASS team.