PhD thesis

  1. J.C. Sanchez. Model predictive control applications to spacecraft rendezvous and small bodies exploration. Universidad de Sevilla, 2021.

Journals

  1. J.C. Sanchez, F. Gavilan, R. Vazquez, and C. Louembet. "A flatness-based predictive controller for six-degrees of freedom spacecraft rendezvous." Acta Astronautica, vol. 167, pp. 391-403, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.11.026
  2. J.C. Sanchez, F. Gavilan, and R. Vazquez. "Chance-constrained model predictive control for near rectilinear halo orbit spacecraft rendezvous." Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 100, no. 105827, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.ast.2020.105827
  3. J.C. Sanchez, C. Louembet, F. Gavilan, and R. Vazquez. "Event-based impulsive control for spacecraft rendezvous hovering phases." Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 44(10), pp. 1794-1810, 2021. doi:10.2514/1.G005507
  4. J.C. Sanchez, R. Vazquez, J.D. Biggs, and F. Bernelli-Zazzera. "Orbit-attitude predictive control in the vicinity of asteroids with in-situ gravity estimation." Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 45(2), pp. 262-278, 2022. doi:10.2514/1.G005572
  5. J.M. Montilla, J.C. Sanchez, R. Vazquez, J. Galan-Vioque, J. Rey Benayas, and J. Siminski. "Manoeuvre detection in low Earth orbit with radar data." Advances in Space Research, vol. 72(7), pp. 2689-2709, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.026
  6. J.C. Sanchez, and H. Schaub. "Simultaneous navigation and mascon gravity estimation around small bodies." Acta Astronautica, vol. 213, pp. 725-740, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.09.023

Conference papers

  1. J.C. Sanchez, F. Gavilan, and R. Vazquez. "A predictive guidance algorithm for autonomous asteroid soft landing." IFAC Workshop on Networked & Autonomous Air & Space Systems, Santa Fe, United States, June 13-15, 2018.
  2. J.C. Sanchez, F. Gavilan, R. Vazquez, and C. Louembet. "A flatness-based trajectory planning algorithm for rendezvous of single-thruster spacecraft." IFAC Workshop on Networked & Autonomous Air & Space Systems, Santa Fe, United States, June 13-15, 2018.
  3. J.C. Sanchez, C. Louembet, F. Gavilan, and R. Vazquez. "An event-triggered predictive controller for spacecraft rendezvous hovering phases." 21st IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Cranfield, United Kingdom, August 27-30, 2019.
  4. J.C. Sanchez, R. Vazquez, J.D. Biggs, and F. Bernelli-Zazzera. "Guiado, navegacion y control para orbitas en torno a un asteroide con estimacion in-situ de parametros gravitatorios." III Congreso de Ingenieria Espacial, Virtual, October 27-29, 2020.
  5. R. Vazquez, J.C. Sanchez, J.M. Montilla, J. Galan-Vioque, F. Gavilan, F. Soler Lanagran, J. Rey Benayas, F.A. Rodriguez Lopez, J. Siminski, and C. Perez Hernandez. "Manoeuvre detection for near-orbiting objects.", 8th European Conference on Space Debris, Virtual, April 20-23, 2021.
  6. J.C. Sanchez, R. Vazquez, J.D. Biggs, and F. Bernelli-Zazzera. "Guidance, navigation and control for asteroid orbit station-keeping with in-situ gravity estimation." 11th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems, Virtual, June 22-25, 2021.
  7. J.C. Sanchez, F.Gavilan, R. Vazquez, and C. Louembet. "Spacecraft rendezvous hovering predictive control around a near-rectilinear halo orbit." 6th CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Berlin, May 3-5, 2022.
  8. J.C. Sanchez, and H. Schaub. "Small body navigation and gravity estimation using Kalman filters and least-squares fitting." 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, United States, January 14-19, 2023.
  9. J.C. Sanchez, and J.R. Martin. "Investigating the fusion of mascon and neural network gravity models." 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Broomfield, United States, August 11-15, 2024.