Publications by Camille Sébastien Pirat

X-ray pulsar-based GNC system for formation flying in high Earth orbits

In this paper, comprehensive pulsar-based Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) system is designed and applied to satellites formation flying. The complete autonomy of the X-ray pulsar navigation technology provides both absolute and relative positioning ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

H∞ and μ-Synthesis for Nanosatellites Rendezvous and Docking

Camille Sébastien Pirat, Volker Gass

In this brief, the nanosatellite rendezvous and docking problem is tackled. It was never attempted for small spacecraft, as critical technologies, such as six-degree-of-freedom (DoF) micropropulsion systems, have only recently become available due to advan ...

2019

Guidance, Navigation and Control for Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking of Nano-Satellites

Camille Sébastien Pirat

Is it possible to dock CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit? Challenges are associated with the level of miniaturisation: the docking accuracy is driven by the docking mechanism dimensions. The achievable docking performance with the Guidance, Navigation and Contro ...

EPFL2018

Vision Based Navigation for Autonomous Cooperative Docking of CubeSats

Camille Sébastien Pirat, Volker Gass

A realistic rendezvous and docking navigation solution applicable to CubeSats is investigated. The scalability analysis of the ESA Autonomous Transfer Vehicle Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) performances and the Russian docking system, shows that the ...

2018

Guidance, Navigation and Control for Autonomous Cooperative Docking of CubeSats

Camille Sébastien Pirat, Pierre-Alain Mäusli, Volker Gass

Is it possible to dock CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit? The challenges are mainly associated with the level of miniaturisation. A docking mechanism was designed, built and tested in the laboratory. Results show that a relative precision better than 1 cm and 2 ...

2018

Mission Design and GNC for In-Orbit Demonstration of Active Debris Removal Technologies with CubeSats

Reto Wiesendanger, Christophe Dominique Paccolat, Muriel Richard, Federico Belloni, Camille Sébastien Pirat, Volker Gass

Within the frame of the ESA's General Support Technology Programme, two In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) missions using CubeSat technologies were studied. These IODs aim at alleviating the technical risk inherent to new technologies required for Active Debris ...

Elsevier2017