Space engineering challenges are discussed in the following contexts:

.Advanced Space Vehicle Design

.Computation of Optimal Low Thrust Transfers

.Indirect Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectories

.Resource-Constrained Scheduling,

.Packing Problems in Space

.Design of Complex Interplanetary Trajectories

.Satellite Constellation Image Acquisition

.Re-entry Test Vehicle Configuration Selection

.Collision Risk Assessment on Perturbed Orbits

.Optimal Robust Design of Hybrid Rocket Engines

.Nonlinear Regression Analysis in Space Engineering<

.Regression-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Robust Design

.Modeling and Optimization of Balance Layout Problems

.Pilot-Induced Oscillations Alleviation

.Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid Transfers to Near-Earth Objects

.Probabilistic Safety Analysis of the Collision Between Space Debris and Satellite

.Flatness-based Low-thrust Trajectory Optimization for Spacecraft Proximity Operations

The contributing authors are expert researchers and practitioners in either the space engineering and/or in the applied optimization fields. Researchers and practitioners working in various applied aspects of space engineering will find this book practical and informative. Academics, graduate and post-graduate students in aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, operations research, optimization, and optimal control, will find this book useful.