Papers & Presentations

2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

September 12, 2023

As the seasons begin changing we look back on our summer highlights including one of our favorite conferences to share all our great work. If you didn’t have a chance to attend our talks in person at the Summer 2023…

Encelascope – A Feasibility Study with ASTROBi Foundation

June 26, 2023

Advanced Space doesn’t just have a spacecraft flying at the Moon: we also investigate missions to deep space. Last year, we conducted a feasibility study for a local non-profit organization (ASTROBi Foundation) that investigated the functions, cost, and complexity of three major components for…

Utilization and Validation of DSS-17 on the CAPSTONE Lunar Mission

January 26, 2023

Presented at the 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 2023 MichaelR. Thompson, and Mitchell Rosen ABSTRACT The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission is an ongoing mission to serve as a pathfinder for cislunar operations and…

Utilization of Space-Based TDoA and FDoA for Cislunar Orbit Determination

October 18, 2022

Presented at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) 2022 Conference Michael R. Thompson, Matthew D. Popplewell, Bradley Cheetham ABSTRACT This study evaluates the potential observability benefits of space-based passive RF systems compared to other ground-based and space-based observers for…

International Astronautical Congress 2022 Conference Papers

October 13, 2022

Hard to believe IAC 2022 was a few weeks ago and the year is almost over! In case you weren’t one of the lucky attendees to the Paris show, we’ve added our presented papers below for download and review. Neural Networks for…

CAPSTONE: A Summary of Flight Operations to Date in the Cislunar Environment

August 19, 2022

Presented at the 36th Annual Small Satellite Conference 2022 Advanced Space: Tom Gardner, Brad Cheetham, Jeff Parker, Alec Forsman, Ethan Kayser, Michael Thompson, Conner Ott, Lauren DeMoudt, Matt Bolliger, Arlen Kam Terran Orbital: Keith Thompson, Tristan Latchu, Rebecca Rogers Stellar Exploration: Brennan Bryant,…

2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

August 3, 2022

A few of our team members are attending the 2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. We invite you to listen to their work being presented, some of which demonstrates great collaboration and support from the NASA Gateway Program.…

Sci-Tech Forum 2022

January 4, 2022

A few of our team members are attending the Sci-Tech Forum this week both physically and virtually. We invite you to listen to their work being presented, which demonstrates great collaboration and support from the NASA Gateway Program. Enter into discussion and learn…

Cislunar Orbit Determination and Tracking via Simulated Space-Based Measurements

September 14, 2021

Michael R. Thompson, Nathan P. Ré, Cameron Meek, Bradley Cheetham ABSTRACT Building on previous work in cislunar orbit determination at Advanced Space, this paper demonstrates cislunar orbit determination via simulated optical measurements from another spacecraft in cislunar space. The goal of…

35th Annual SmallSat Conference (Virtual) – 2021

August 7, 2021

Advanced Space: Thomas Gardner, Brad Cheetham, Alec Forsman, Cameron Meek, Ethan Kayser, Jeff Parker, Michael Thompson Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems: Tristan Latchu, Rebecca Rogers Stellar Exploration: Brennan Bryant, Tomas Svitek ABSTRACT The cislunar environment is about to get much busier and…