Publications

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Autonomous LEO-to-LEO Resident Space Object Imaging with Reinforcement Learning

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Journal extension of the AMOS 2025 space-to-space imaging study. A public manuscript PDF is not linked in the lab's listing.

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Autonomous Space-Based Imaging: Reinforcement Learning Scheduling with Imaging–Downlink Tradeoffs Across Orbital Regimes

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

Journal extension of the Breckenridge GN&C 2026 work on imaging and ground delivery across orbital regimes. A public manuscript PDF is not linked in the lab's listing.

AMOS · September 2026

Responsive Autonomous Resident Space Object Imaging and Catalog Maintenance Using Reinforcement Learning Across Orbital Regimes

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, Hawaii, September 15–18, 2026

Studies repeated imaging, changing target priorities, and ground delivery for catalogs spanning LEO, MEO, and GEO. The scheduler uses variable-duration actions and a target-wise attention policy.

AAS GN&C · 2026 · AAS 26-052

Autonomous Space-Based Imaging: Reinforcement Learning Scheduling with Imaging–Downlink Tradeoffs Across Orbital Regimes

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

AAS Rocky Mountain GN&C Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, January 31–February 4, 2026

Examines the tradeoff between collecting images and delivering them to the ground, including transfer from LEO-only training to mixed-orbit targets.

AMOS · September 2025

Reinforcement Learning for Space-to-Space Surveillance: Autonomous Scheduling for Resident Space Object Imaging

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub, Chris Wheeler

Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, Hawaii, September 16–19, 2025

Learns target-selection and resource-management decisions for space-to-space imaging using Basilisk and BSK-RL.

IWPSS · April 2025

Autonomous Satellite Inspection in Low Earth Orbit with Optimization-Based Safety Guarantees

Mark Stephenson, Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

International Workshop on Planning & Scheduling for Space, Toulouse, France, April 28–30, 2025

Combines reinforcement learning with a collision-avoidance shield for inspecting a nearby spacecraft using impulsive maneuvers.

In progress · GN&C 2027

Decentralized Multi-Spacecraft Tasking for Persistent Resident Space Object Catalog Maintenance

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 5–10, 2027

In progress · GN&C 2027

Communication Quality-Aware Autonomous Tasking for Space-Based Resident Space Object Imaging

Daniel Huterer Prats, Hanspeter Schaub

AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 5–10, 2027

MNRAS · 2021

Creating a galaxy lacking dark matter in a dark matter-dominated universe

Andrea V. Macciò, Daniel Huterer Prats, Keri L. Dixon, Tobias Buck, Stefan Waterval, Nikhil Arora, Stéphane Courteau, Xi Kang

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(1), 693–700. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3716

Uses galaxy simulations to examine how tidal encounters can remove dark matter from dwarf galaxies.