Research output

Tudat has also been used extensively in research projects. Many of those that resulted in journal and conference papers are listed below:

Journal publications

• Sensitivity analysis of polar orbiter motion to lunar viscoelastic tidal deformation Hu, X., Stark, A., Dirkx, D., Hussmann, H., Fienga, A., Briaud, A., Memin, A., Melini, D., Fayolle, M., Rambaux, N., Baguet, D. and Oberst, J. (2023). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 135(16)

• Graveyard orbits for future Mars missions Aggarwal, K., & Noomen, R. (2022). Advances in Space Research (in press)

• Cold Atom Interferometry for Enhancing the Radio Science Gravity Experiment: A Phobos Case Study Plumaris, M., Dirkx, D., Siemes, C., & Carraz, O. (2022). Remote Sensing, 14(13), 3030.

• The Influence of Dynamic Solar Oblateness on Tracking Data Analysis from Past and Future Mercury Missions van der Zwaard, R., & Dirkx, D. (2022). Remote Sensing, 14(17), 4139.

• Decoupled and coupled moons’ ephemerides estimation strategies application to the JUICE mission. Fayolle, M., Dirkx, D., Lainey, V., Gurvits, L. I., & Visser, P. N. A. M. (2022). Planetary and Space Science, 219, 105531.

• Analytical framework for mutual approximations-Derivation and application to Jovian satellites. Fayolle, M., Dirkx, D., Visser, P. N. A. M., & Lainey, V. (2021). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 652, A93.

• Improvement of orbit determination using laser altimeter crossovers: JUICE mission case study. Villamil, S., Dirkx, D., Stark, A., & Hussmann, H. (2021). Acta Astronautica, 182, 587-598.

• Propagation and estimation of the dynamical behaviour of gravitationally interacting rigid bodies, Dirkx, D., Mooij, E., & Root, B. Astrophysics and Space Science, 364(2), 2019, 37.

• Ariane 5 GTO debris mitigation using natural perturbations, Pinardell Pons, A., and Noomen, R. Advances in Space Research 63.7 (2019): 1992-2002.

• Laser and radio tracking for planetary science missions—a comparison, Dirkx, D., Prochazka, I., Bauer, S., Visser, P., Noomen, R., Gurvits, L. I., & Vermeersen, B. Journal of Geodesy 93.11 (2019): 2405-2420.

• Uncertainty propagation for statistical impact prediction of space debris, Hoogendoorn, R., Mooij, E., and Geul, J., Advances in Space Research, 61(1), (2018), 167-181.

• On the contribution of PRIDE-JUICE to Jovian system ephemerides, D. Dirkx, L.I. Gurvits, V. Lainey, G. Lari, A. Milani, G. Cimò, T.M. Bocanegra-Bahamon, P.N.A.M. Visser. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 147, 2017, Pages 14-27, ISSN 0032-0633.

• Space-time dynamics estimation from space mission tracking data. Dirkx, D., Noomen, R., Visser, P. N. A. M., Gurvits, L. I., & Vermeersen, L. L. A. (2016). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 587, A156.

• Dynamical modelling of the Galilean moons for the JUICE mission, D. Dirkx, V. Lainey, L.I. Gurvits, P.N.A.M. Visser. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 134, 2016, Pages 82-95, ISSN 0032-0633.

• Demonstration of orbit determination for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter using one-way laser ranging data, S. Bauer, H. Hussmann, J. Oberst, D. Dirkx, D. Mao, G.A. Neumann, E. Mazarico, M.H. Torrence, J.F. McGarry, D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 129, 2016, Pages 32-46, ISSN 0032-0633.

• Comparative analysis of one- and two-way planetary laser ranging concepts, D. Dirkx, R. Noomen, P.N.A.M. Visser, S. Bauer, L.L.A. Vermeersen. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 117, 2015, Pages 159-176, ISSN 0032-0633.

• Influence of atmospheric turbulence on planetary transceiver laser ranging. Dirkx, D., Noomen, R., Prochazka, I., Bauer, S., & Vermeersen, L. L. A. (2014). Advances in Space Research, 54(11), 2349-2370.

• Phobos laser ranging: Numerical Geodesy experiments for Martian system science, D. Dirkx, L.L.A. Vermeersen, R. Noomen, P.N.A.M. Visser. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 99, 2014, Pages 84-102, ISSN 0032-0633.

• Mab’s orbital motion explained, K. Kumar, I. de Pater, M.R. Showalter. Icarus, Volume 254, 2015, Pages 102-121, ISSN 0019-1035.

Conference papers

• Optimizing multi-rendezvous spacecraft trajectories: Delta V matrices and sequence selection. Petrov, A., & Noomen, R. (2020). arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.06617.

• Aerocapture Mission Analysis. Engelsma, J., & Mooij, E. (2020). In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (p. 1740).

• Applicability of evolutionary algorithms for orbit optimization in the strongly perturbed environment of the 2001 SN263 triple asteroid system. Obrecht, G., Cowan, K., & de Almeida Prado, A. F. (2020). In Proceedings of the 2nd IAA/AAS SciTech Forum 2019, Moscow, Russia, 25 June 2019 (Vol. 174). AAS/AIAA.

• Software-defined testbed for next generation navigation transponders Speretta, S., Verhoeven, C., Dirkx, D., Karunanithi, V., Bentum, M., Votsis, O., … & Busso, A. (2019). In 2019 8th International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications (TTC) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

• Statistical Impact Prediction of Decaying Objects, A. L. A. B. Ronse and E. Mooij. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 6 (2014), pp. 1797-1810.

• Node Control and Numerical Optimization of Aerogravity-Assist Trajectories, Jaimy Hess and Erwin Mooij. AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2017-0471).

• Reachability Analysis to Design Zero-Wait Entry Guidance, Alejandro Gonzalez-Puerta, Erwin Mooij, and Celia Yabar Valles. 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2018-1316).

In addition, Tudat has played a small or large role in many M.Sc. thesis projects at TU Delft. You can find most of these reports on the TU Delft repository