The aim of the ESA Advanced Concepts Team is to perform, monitor and foster research on advanced space systems, innovative concepts and working methods, in particular by engaging in collaborative research with academia.

Relativistic two spinning body problem solved

13 December 2012 Using a special technique recently developed for celestial mechanics and practically unknown in Relativity, ACT researchers have analyzed and solved exactly, for the first time, the problem of motion of two orbiting spinning bodies considering all the most relevant relativistic corrections.

GTOC6 - Announced!!

14 August 2012 Jet Propulsion Laboratory released today the call for participation to the 6th edition of the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition. Anastassios E Petropoulos, leading the Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group Team who won the fifth edition, will be organizing this year event.

Thinking Tomorrow - 10 years ACT

25 July 2012 ESA's Advanced Concepts Team has been created 10 years ago. A dedicated two days event on 2-3 July at ESTEC (Netherlands) reviewed current space research, analysed trends and considered new areas for the team.