Spacecraft can navigate autonomously without contact from Earth
Recent advancements in aerospace engineering and sensor technology demonstrate that spacecraft can successfully navigate autonomously using onboard instruments such as star trackers, optical cameras, and cosmic microwave background sensors without relying on ground control from Earth.
The retrieved papers consistently describe various methods, algorithms, and architectures—such as optical celestial navigation, star trackers, cosmic microwave background sensing, and AI-driven visual guidance—that enable spacecraft to navigate autonomously in deep space without Earth contact.
Xiao Chen, Zhaowei Sun, Wei Zhang, Jun Xu. A Novel Autonomous Celestial Integrated Navigation for Deep Space Exploration Based on Angle and Stellar Spectra Shift Velocity Measurement.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19112555
Proposes a novel celestial integrated navigation method combining stellar spectra velocity and angle measurements for autonomous deep space exploration.
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Stefano Casini, Angelo Cervone, Bert Monna, Pieter Visser. Design and testing of star tracker algorithms for autonomous optical line-of-sight deep-space navigation.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.494586
Demonstrates that star tracker algorithms can perform autonomous optical line-of-sight deep-space navigation with high positioning accuracy.
Pedro Kukulka de Albuquerque, Willer Gomes Dos Santos, Paulo Costa, Alexandre Barreto. Integrating Cosmic Microwave Background Readings with Celestial Navigation to Enhance Deep Space Navigation.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113600
Presents a cutting-edge autonomous deep space navigation system utilizing cosmic microwave background readings and optical measurements.
Issa A D Nesnas, Benjamin J Hockman, Saptarshi Bandopadhyay, Benjamin J Morrell, Daniel P Lubey, Jacopo Villa, David S Bayard, Alan Osmundson, Benjamin Jarvis, Michele Bersani, Shyam Bhaskaran. Autonomous Exploration of Small Bodies Toward Greater Autonomy for Deep Space Missions.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.650885
Indicates the feasibility of recovering relative body motion and shape solely through onboard measurements without human input.
Paolo Panicucci, Francesco Topputo. The TinyV3RSE Hardware-in-the-Loop Vision-Based Navigation Facility.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239333
Emphasizes the need for spacecraft autonomy in perception and navigation to enable operations without ground support.
Mi Wang, Yufeng Cheng, Bo Yang, Shuying Jin, Hongbo Su. On-orbit calibration approach for optical navigation camera in deep space exploration.. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.005536
Develops an on-orbit calibration approach for spacecraft-borne optical navigation cameras to ensure precise optical autonomous navigation.
Zhou Hao, R B Ashith Shyam, Arunkumar Rathinam, Yang Gao. Intelligent Spacecraft Visual GNC Architecture With the State-Of-the-Art AI Components for On-Orbit Manipulation.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.639327
Introduces an intelligent visual GNC architecture utilizing AI components for real-time autonomous decision-making and navigation.
Jiaxiong Sun, Zheng Li, Xiaodan Li, Manwen Liu, Hongfei Wang. Optimized Design of a Hexagonal Equal Gap Silicon Drift Detector with Arbitrary Surface Electric Field Spiral.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14101943
Discusses pulsar X-ray autonomous navigation as a method to provide positioning services for spacecraft deep-space exploration.
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