This week / 2026-W04

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Jan 19 – Jan 25, 2026 · 9 papers published

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS 1 ISRU & CONSTRUCTION 1 ORBITAL ROBOTICS 4 IN-SPACE SERVICING 1

GNSS-based Lunar Orbit and Clock Estimation With Stochastic Cloning UD Filter

Keidai Iiyama, Grace GaoPreprint 2026Jan 23, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation

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Jan 23, 2026

The Trajectory Alignment Coefficient in Two Acts: From Reward Tuning to Reward Learning

Calarina Muslimani, Yunshu Du, Kenta Kawamoto, Kaushik Subramanian +2 morePreprint 2026Jan 23, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods HRI & Teleoperation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Jan 23, 2026

Autonomous Mars Rover Module for Soil Sampling and Life Component Analysis

Bibek Adhikari, Rishab Rijal, Rakesh Yadav, Nikchey Khatri +1 morePreprint 2026Jan 23, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Jan 23, 2026

Possible identification of the Luna 9 Moon landing site using a novel machine learning algorithm

Lewis Pinault, Ian Crawford, Hajime Yanonpj Space Exploration 2026Jan 21, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation

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Jan 21, 2026

Reinforcement Learning for Opportunistic Routing in Software-Defined LEO-Terrestrial Systems

Sivaram Krishnan, Zhouyou Gu, Jihong Park, Sung-Min Oh +1 moreIEEE Wireless Communications Letters 2026 1 citedJan 20, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods

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Jan 20, 2026

Empowering All-in-Loop Health Management of Spacecraft Power System in the Mega-Constellation Era via Human-AI Collaboration

Yi Di, Zhibin Zhao, Fujin Wang, Xue Liu +4 morePreprint 2026Jan 19, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Jan 19, 2026

From Design to Deorbit: A Solar-Electric Autonomous Module for Multi-Debris Remediation

Om Mishra, Jayesh Patil, Sathwik Narkedimilli, G Srikantha Sharma +2 morePreprint 2026Jan 19, 2026

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation

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Jan 19, 2026

Imitation learning-based spacecraft rendezvous and docking method with Expert Demonstration

Shibo Shao, Dong Zhou, Guanghui Sun, Liwen Zhang +1 morePreprint 2026 2 citedJan 19, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Jan 19, 2026

JSR-GFNet: Jamming-to-Signal Ratio-Aware Dynamic Gating for Interference Classification in future Cognitive Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Zhihan Zeng, Hongyuan Shu, Kaihe Wang, Lu Chen +5 morePreprint 2026 9 citedJan 19, 2026

Space × AI

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Jan 19, 2026