ORU-BOAS
This document constitutes the Design and Development Specification for the satellite Construction Kit (DSSCK) applicable to the ORUs (Orbital Replacement Unit) in the frame of ORU BOAS project.
International Astronautical Federation
M. Deremetz, G. Ventura, J. Beck, P. Letier, R. Boissonnade, C. Berger, M. Diaz-Carrasco, A. Ruiz Perez, T. Schervan, Ch. Zeis, M. Yüksel, W. Brinkman, F. Marty, M. Briand, "Design of an interoperable interface for in-space operations and services of modular spacecraft,"76th International Astronautical Congress, Sydney, Australia, Sep.–Oct. 2025, Paper IAC-25-D1.1.4x98083
Design of an Interoperable Interface for In-Space Operations and Services of Modular Spacecraft
Mathieu Deremetz, Giuseppe Ventura, Jacob Beck, Pierre Letier, Raphaël Boissonnade, Côme Berger, Montserrat Diaz-Carrasco, Ana Luisa Ruiz, Thomas A. Schervan, Christopher Zeis, Mehmed Yüksel, Wiebke Brinkmann, Fabien Marty, Matisse Briand
EROSS+ GNC validation – ESA GNC-ICATT 2023
V. Dubanchet, D. Casu, A. Comellini, A. Giglio, J. A. Bejar Romero, S. Torralbo Dezainde and M. Alonso, “EROSS+ Ground Demonstration from Numerical Model to Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation”, ESA GNC-ICATT Conference, 2023.
EROSS IOD GNC architecture – IAC 2024 (Milan)
V. Dubanchet, D. Casu, A. Ausiello and R. Mora, “EROSS-IOD GNC for a Versatile Servicing Demonstration Applicable to Prepared and Unprepared Client Spacecraft”, 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct. 2024, Paper IAC-24-D1.1.6.x86752.
Autonomous GNC & vision-based navigation – Clean Space Industry Days 2022
V. Dubanchet et al., “Future Rendezvous and On-Orbit Servicing Missions by Autonomous GNC and Vision-Based Navigation”, Clean Space Industry Days, ESTEC (Noordwijk, Netherlands), Oct. 2022.
Vision-based avionics – ESA ADCSS 2021
V. Dubanchet et al., “Thales Alenia Space Avionics Solution for Vision-Based Navigation in Space Robotics Mission: ‘EROSS’ Scenario”, 15th ESA Workshop on Avionics, Data, Control and Software Systems (ADCSS), Virtual Edition, Nov. 2021.
Rendezvous GNC validation (vision + LiDAR) – IAGNC 2025
V. Dubanchet, R. Mora, D. Casu and A. Ausiello, “Validation Approach for a Rendezvous GNC Bi-Compatible with Vision and LiDAR Sensing”, Inter-Agency GNC Conference (IAGNC), July 2025.
Safe CONOPS analysis for CPO – IAGNC 2025
V. Dubanchet, R. Mora, D. Casu and A. Ausiello, “Safe CONOPS Analyses for Close Proximity Operations: EROSS SC Use-Case”, Inter-Agency GNC Conference (IAGNC), July 2025.
- R. Boissonnade, C. Berger, M. Diaz-Carrasco, A. L. Ruiz-Perez, M. Deremetz, P. Letier, T. A. Schervan, C. Zeis, M. Yüksel, W. Brinkmann, U. Akinci, F. Marty and M. Briand, “Prototyping and Testing System Interconnect Standard Interoperable for Orbital Services”, Engineering Proceedings, presented at the EASN Conference, Madrid, Spain, Oct. 2025.
- S. Torres-Fau, F. Machado, Y. Barrios, A. J. Sánchez, L. Berrojo, A. Fiengo and R. Sarmiento, “A Versatile IP Core for Real-Time Video Compression on Future ESA Missions”, 9th Internation Workshop on On-Board Payload Data Compression (OBPDC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Sep. 2024. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13863328.
https://zenodo.org/records/13863328
https://zenodo.org/records/13863328/files/OBPDC_2024_10954.pdf - S. Torres-Fau, F. Machado, Y. Barrios, A. J. Sánchez and R. Sarmiento, "FPGA Implementation of a Low-Complexity H.264 Output Coding Stage for Space Missions,"2024 39th Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems (DCIS), Catania, Italy, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/DCIS62603.2024.10769186.
- M. Deremetz, G. Ventura, J. Beck, P. Letier, R. Boissonnade, C. Berger, M. Diaz-Carrasco, A. L. Ruiz, T. A. Schervan, C. Zeis, M. Yüksel, W. Brinkmann, F. Marty and M. Briand,“Design of an Interoperable Interface for In-Space Operations and Services of Modular Spacecraft”, 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Sydney, Australia, Sep.–Oct. 2025, Paper IAC-25-D1.1.4x98083, DOI: 10.52202/083091-0004
- R. Boissonnade, C. Berger, M. Diaz-Carrasco, A. L. Ruiz-Perez, M. Deremetz, P. Letier, T. A. Schervan, C. Zeis, M. Yüksel, W. Brinkmann, U. Akinci, F. Marty and M. Briand, “Prototyping and Testing System Interconnect Standard Interoperable for Orbital Services”, Engineering Proceedings, presented at the EASN Conference, Madrid, Spain, Oct. 2025
- A. Ruiz, A. Lázaro, M. Díaz-Carrasco, M. Centeno and J. Viñals, “SIROM G Validation for Refuelling Missions”, Proceedings of the ASTRA Conference (European Space Agency – EASN), 2025
- M. Centeno, M. Díaz-Carrasco, A. Lázaro, A. Ruiz, J. C. Bahillo, J. Gala and J. J. Viñals, “SIROM Functional Validation Campaign: Towards the In-Orbit Demonstration”, 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct. 2024, Paper IAC-24-D1.4.3
- A. Ruiz, M. Díaz-Carrasco, J. Viñals, I. Prieto, A. Rozas, S. García, A. Lázaro, M. Ruiz, J. Gala, I. Soto, S. Behar-Lafenetre, G. Musso, F. Massobrio, S. Ferraris, M. De Stefano, H. Mishra, R. Lampariello, L. Rotthier, E. Bertels and M. Dark, “ORU-BOAS: Developing Reusable Building Blocks for Satellite Modularisation”, 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2023, Paper IAC-23-D1.6.7
- A. Lázaro and J. Viñals, “Mathematic Modelling, Simulation, Test and Correlation of a Capture-Before-Contact Docking Mechanism”, Conference paper, SENER Aeroespacial, Spain
- M. Díaz-Carrasco, A. Lázaro, A. Ruiz, M. Centeno, J. Gala and J. Viñals, “SIROM Roadmap for Future In-Orbit Servicing Applications”, Proceedings of the ASTRA Conference, 2023
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