Dr. Stefano Carletta - Interplanetary transfers in N-body systems

Interplanetary transfers in N-body systems

Trajectories existing in the complex N-body dynamical frameworks (CR3BP, ER3BP, ER4BP, etc.) are investigated to develop novel and effective solutions for the autonomous exploration of the solar system.

These studies led to: (i) the topological characterization of stable low-energy capture trajectories and (ii) of the osculating orbital elements at capture, and (iii) the development of minimum-energy/-propellant low-thrust guidance strategies to adjust the parameters of the low-energy trajectories or transferring a spacecraft from a high-energy trajectory to a low-energy one.

These solutions have been developed to (iv) respond to the constraints of actual on-board systems and verified modelling their real behaviour and high-fidelity orbit propagators, with particular focus on nano-/micro-satellite missions, characterized by limited performance of the guidance, navigation, attitude control and power systems and (v) the extensive use of rideshare launch opportunities.

Publications

Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Long-term capture orbits for low-energy space missions, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 130(46), 2018.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Dynamics of capture orbits from libration region analysis, Proceedings of the 69th international astronautical congress (IAC), 1-5 October 2018, Bremen, Germany.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Design of low-energy capture trajectories in the elliptic restricted four-body problem, Proceedings of the 70th international astronautical congress (IAC), 21-25 October 2019, Washington, USA.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Dynamics of three-dimensional capture orbits from libration region analysis, Acta Astronautica, 165, 2019, 331-343.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Station-keeping about Sun-Mars Three-Dimensional Quasi-Periodic Collinear Libration Point Trajectories, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 173 (227), 2020, 299-311.
Graziani F., Sparvieri N., Carletta S., A low-cost Earth-Moon-Mars mission using a microsatellite platform, Proceedings of the 71st international astronautical congress (IAC) - The CyberSpace Edition, 12-14 October 2020, Virtual, Online.
Carletta S., Design of fuel-saving lunar captures using finite thrust and gravity-braking, Acta Astronautica, 181, 2021, 190-200.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Earth-Mars microsatellite missions using ballistic capture and low-thrust propulsion, Proceedings of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, 2021, 25-29 October, Dubai, UAE.
Hussain K. Fayaz, Hussain K. Faisal, Carletta S., Teofilatto P., Deployment of a microsatellite constellation around the Moon using chaotic multi body dynamics, Proceedings of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, 2021, 25-29 October, Dubai, UAE.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Characterization of low-energy quasiperiodic orbits in the elliptic restricted 4-body problem with orbital resonance, Aerospace, 9(4), 2022.
Carletta S., Pontani M., Teofilatto P., An Earth-Mars microsatellite mission leveraging low-energy capture and low-thrust propulsion, Acta Astronautica, 200, 2022, 635-646.
Carletta S., A single-launch deployment strategy for lunar constellations, Applied Sciences, 13(8), 2023.
De Angelis G., Carletta S. Pontani M., Teofilatto P., Earth-Venus Mission Analysis via Weak Capture and Nonlinear Orbit Control, Aerospace, 10(10), 2023.

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