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The Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency. Pages we read (no endorsement whatsoever!)

Joined September 2009
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Just secured 2nd place in #GTOC13! 🚀 Proud of our team’s advanced interplanetary mission design. Celebrate with this exclusive fly-through of our final trajectory👇 youtube.com/watch?v=yVqnrVlP… #TrajectoryOptimization #Astrodynamics #SpaceMission

GTOC13: Solar sailing exploration of the Altaira system. ESA's ACT...

This video visualizes the exploration campaign designed by ESA’s Ad...

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SPAICE2025 is coming! 📅 November 1-3, 2025 📍 Suzhou, China 🌐susaa.org.cn/iaaspaice/ SPAICE 2025 follows the success of #SPAICE2024, hosted by @ESA. Join us in defining the future of AI in space!
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📣 The first edition of @esa's & #IAA's #SPAICE2024 #conference is coming closer, and preparations are in full swing. In fact, #registration will close soon (2 September 2024)! The conference bridges between a broad selection of #AI techniques and #space domains!
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You can still #register for #SPAICE2024 until 2 September 2024 (12:00 CEST): 👉spaice.esa.int/registration/

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Some more resources! The preliminary agenda: 👉spaice.esa.int/agenda/ The venue: 👉spaice.esa.int/location/ Key dates: 👉spaice.esa.int/key-dates/
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🛰 Could future space missions utilize entirely neural-based on-board optimal guidance and control systems? ⏱Together with the Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory (@tudelft), we set out to answer this question in the latest issue of the Science Robotics journal! esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…

Drone racing prepares neural-network AI for space

Drones are being raced against the clock at Delft University of Technology’s ‘Cyber Zoo’ to test the performance of neural-network-based AI control systems planned for next-generation space missions.

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🤖We propose advanced neural models capable of learning optimal strategies and greatly improve the autonomy and efficiency of spacecraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. Moreover, we explore drone racing as an excellent test environment for these architectures.
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📖 And for the details about our recent work, check out our freshly published review in Science Robotics: science.org/doi/10.1126/scir…

Optimality principles in spacecraft neural guidance and control

Onboard optimal guidance and control could be entirely neural based in future space missions.

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📣 Extended deadline for #SPAICE2024 📣 Following a number of requests, we have extended the deadline for #SPAICE2024 until midnight (00:00) on 27 May 2024! Keep an eye on the news page of SPAICE for announcements: spaice.esa.int/news/
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📢 Less than a month until @esa's SPAICE conference submission deadline! Join us in September to envision the future of AI and space. 📰Now up: conference fees, keynotes, special issues, travel grants!👉spaice.esa.int/news/ @esascience @ESA_Tech @ESA_EO #AI #Space #AI4Space
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📢 SpOC 3.0 started! ❗We recently released the three challenges of this year's Space Optimization Competition (SpOC), co-organised with @GeccoConf . 💻You can find them on our GitHub repository: github.com/esa/SpOC3 1/3 #SpOC #GECCO #AI #Optimisation #Evolution #Algorithm
The image is an artistic illustration of the three themes of the third SpOC competition. On the left, a mathematical graph is shown with space in the background, representing the challenge about graph theory. In the middle, a satellite constellation is shown in space, representing the challenge about mission analysis. On the right side, a stream of small cubes morphs into the ISS, representing the robotics challenge.

ALT The image is an artistic illustration of the three themes of the third SpOC competition. On the left, a mathematical graph is shown with space in the background, representing the challenge about graph theory. In the middle, a satellite constellation is shown in space, representing the challenge about mission analysis. On the right side, a stream of small cubes morphs into the ISS, representing the robotics challenge.

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🤸‍♀️ Master 2 out of 3 challenges, with topics covering graph theory, mission analysis, and robotics. The challenges are strongly tied to real applications in the space area, but no space domain expertise is required. 🖖Thus, everyone is invited to compete! 2/3
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🚀First solutions are slowly coming in, so now is the perfect time to join the competition and take a shot at the leaderboards! 🖱 To submit solutions, visit ESA's optimize platform: optimize.esa.int/challenges 🏆 May the best algorithm win! 3/3
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