Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Spacecraft Technology And Research Lab (STAR Lab)
Led by Christopher Petersen · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
What we study
The STAR Lab works on how satellites steer, navigate and make decisions on their own. A key focus is safely guiding one spacecraft to meet and dock with another, including in orbits out toward the Moon.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Collaborative Spacecraft Servicing Under Partial Feedback Using Lyapunov-Based Deep Neural Networks
2025 · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
- Numerical Approaches for Constrained and Unconstrained, Static Optimization on the Special Euclidean Group SE(3)
2024 · Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
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- Energy-Optimal Attitude Control Strategies With Control Moment Gyroscopes
2024 · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Develops a way to optimize spacecraft movement using gyroscopes, focusing on energy efficiency and control strategies.
- Attitude Trajectory Optimization and Momentum Conservation with Control Moment Gyroscopes
2023 · IFAC-PapersOnLine
Creates a tool to plan spacecraft movements while keeping momentum balanced, using gyroscopes.
- Experimental Validation of Constrained Spacecraft Attitude Planning via Invariant Sets
2023 · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
Tests a method for planning spacecraft movements using invariant sets to avoid dangerous zones.
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