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Line of Sight Observational and Inertial Sensing Requirements for Multi-UAV Tracking subject to GNSS Denial

2022-08 , Bouhall, Matthew M.

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Entry-vehicle conceptual design to enable multiple-payload delivery to Titan

2022-05 , Menon, Akshay

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Inner Solar System Communications Infrastructure Expansion

2021-12 , Murphy, Christopher

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Evaluation of an Inexpensive Alternative to a Lidar Based Aerial UAV Surveying Platform

2021-05-15 , McNulty, Will

In this project, a UAV aerial surveying platform is built, integrated, and tested using inexpensive and readily available sensors. The goal is to evaluate its performance and accuracy in lidar-based mapping of terrain elevation, and to assess its potential for replacing commercial off-the-shelf lidar surveying platforms that are very expensive to purchase and operate. A fully integrated field test is performed on the experimental UAV, and the results of this test show that a standard GPS receiver does not provide adequate position accuracy to achieve most aerial surveying tasks. Next, a simulation of Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS position accuracy is applied to the experimental data as a substitute for the standard GPS data, and this simulation shows that an upgrade to RTK GPS could provide sufficient accuracy for many surveying missions. Despite the potential improvement in accuracy using RTK GPS, there are some fundamental limitations of the low-cost experimental platform, especially with regards to the resolution and level of detail it is able to capture during a survey. With this in mind, the low-cost experimental platform has the potential to fill a niche for surveying missions that don’t quite require the full fidelity of an expensive commercial lidarsystem, but could benefit from the significant reduction in cost and complexity. Finally, some general practical aspects for the experimental UAV are discussed, including regulatory issues and other considerations for field work.

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Impacts of Altitude on Expectation Maximization-based Data Association and Orbit Estimation

2022-08 , Sakson, Daniel

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Development of an Optimized Spacecraft Attitude Profile Using Lexicographic Optimization Techniques

2022-04 , Murphy, Brian

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Computation and Analysis of Jupiter-Europa and Jupiter-Ganymede Resonant Orbits in the Planar Concentric Circular Restricted 4-body Problem

2021-08 , Kumar, Bhanu

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The Attitude and Determination Control System (ADCS) for the Orbital Calibration 2 Mission (OrCa2)

2022-06 , DiStasio, Luke

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Simulating Magnetohydrodynamically- Controlled Aerocapture and Comparing to its Atmospherically Controlled Counterpart

2021-12 , Nguyen, Danny N.

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On-Orbit Assembly of Interlocking CubeSat Structures Using Free-Flying Rendezvous Techniques

2021-08 , Davisson, Marin

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