Transformer-Informed Trajectory Optimization for Relative Motion in Cislunar Orbits

arXiv:2609.25460 · math.OC, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

math.OC, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Transformer — 33× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Autonomous Rendezvous Transformer — 6× in this paper
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit — 2× in this paper
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Chaotic Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Convergence Guarantees — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Dynamical regimes — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Loss Function — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Model Predictive Control (MPC) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Multimodal Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Tokenization — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Autonomous Navigation and Station-Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits
• 6G at $\frac{1}{6}g$: The Future of Cislunar Communications
• Transformer-Based Warm-Starting for Feasible and Optimal Terminal Approach to Tumbling Objects with Space Manipulators

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