Aster project: analysis of the mission to the triple asteroid

• Grant number: 15/19880-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: April 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Flight Dynamics
• Principal Investigator: Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
• Grantee: Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
• Visiting researcher: Alexander Sukhanov
• Visiting researcher institution: Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/08171-3 - Orbital dynamics of minor bodies, AP.TEM

Abstract

The activity of A. Sukhanov at INPE this time may be divided into two parts: 1. Participation in the Brazilian/Russian Aster project the goal of which is a mission to triple asteroid (153591) 2001 SN263. The contribution of A. Sukhanov in this project includes organization of cooperation with the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and mission analysis and is very important. This activity, despite its high importance, has rather narrow applied significance. Although the activity of A. Sukhanov on the Aster project is to include a theoretical part concerning the analysis of the spacecraft maneuvering in the Earth's sphere of influence and near the asteroid. Results of this analysis may have a general importance outside of the limits of the specific project. This is why this analysis is separated into three individual sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Work Program. 2. Theoretical and academic activity jointly with Brazilian colleagues which includes theoretical and numerical analysis and optimization of motion of space objects of different kinds, development and computer programming of mathematical methods for the analysis and optimization mentioned above, supervising student projects, and giving lectures. This activity has a general significance and will end with joint publications in international journals of the results and computer programs to be modified or installed at INPE. Note that all theoretical researches of A. Sukhanov will be done jointly with his Brazilian colleagues. Participation of students in the researches also is planned. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SUKHANOV, ALEXANDER; BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA PRADO, ANTONIO FERNANDO. Use of the tethered swingby maneuver to reach the Haumea dwarf planet. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, v. 364, n. 1, JAN 2019. (16/24561-0, 15/19880-6, 16/14665-2)

SANCHEZ, D. M.; SUKHANOV, A. A.; PRADO, A. F. B. A.. OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES TO KUIPER BELT OBJECTS. REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA, v. 55, n. 1, p. 39-54, APR 2019. (16/24561-0, 14/22295-5, 15/19880-6, 16/14665-2)

NEGRI, RODOLFO BATISTA; SUKHANOV, ALEXANDER; BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA PRADO, ANTONIO FERNANDO. Lunar gravity assists using patched-conics approximation, three and four body problems. Advances in Space Research, v. 64, n. 1, p. 42-63, JUL 1 2019. (15/19880-6, 16/14665-2, 16/24561-0, 16/18613-7, 17/20794-2)

NEGRI, RODOLFO BATISTA; PRADO, ANTONIO FERNANDO BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA. A historical review of the theory of gravity-assists in the pre-spaceflight era. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 42, n. 8, JUL 14 2020. (16/24561-0, 17/20794-2, 15/19880-6)

NEGRI, RODOLFO B.; PRADO, ANTONIO F. B. A.. Generalizing the Bicircular Restricted Four-Body Problem. JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS, v. 43, n. 6, p. 1173-1179, JUN 2020. (16/24561-0, 17/20794-2, 15/19880-6)

NEGRI, RODOLFO BATISTA; PRADO, ANTONIO F. B. DE A.; IEEE. Orbit Keeping about the Martian Moons with a Robust Path Following Control. 2021 EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2021-01-01. (17/20794-2, 15/19880-6, 16/24561-0)

BARBOSA, GERSON; SUKHANOV, ALEXANDER; PRADO, ANTONIO F. B. A.; WINTER, OTHON C.; MARTINS, JUAN; MACAU, ELBERT; RAZOUMNY, YN; GRAZIANI, F; GUERMAN, AD; CONTANT, JM. ESTIMATION OF THE RADIATION HAZARD TO A SPACECRAFT PASSING THE VAN ALLEN BELTS IN A LOW THRUST TRANSFER. ASTRODYNAMICS 2018, PTS I-IV, v. 161, p. 9-pg., 2017-01-01. (16/14665-2, 11/08171-3, 15/19880-6)