Building Autonomous Spacecraft: A Guide to Self-Flying Space Vehicles
Introducing An Autonomous Board For Avoiding Collisions (ABACO)
There are now more than 7,000 objects in space that can be considered active.
While historically Satellites were launched into orbit and largely stayed there throughout their useful life, the invention of cheap and efficient electric propulsion has introduced unprecedented degrees of freedom as now these spacecraft can reach primary orbits from their la…