Lamberto Dell'Elce, PhD
Team McTAO
INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée
Route des Lucioles 2004
B.P. 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis cedex, France
+33 (0) 4 92 38 79 47, lamberto.dellelce@inria.fr
Curriculum vitae pdf
Research interests
Astrodynamics; Optimal control; Robust optimization; Uncertainty quantification; Formation Flying; Attitude dynamics
Publications
PhD dissertation
Satellite Orbits in the Atmosphere: Uncertainty Quantification, Propagation, and Optimal Control (pdf)
HDR dissertation
Geometric Control of Satellite Trajectories with Low-Thrust Propulsion (hal)
Journal papers
Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Alesia Herasimenka, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. On the controllability of nonlinear systems with a periodic drift. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2025, 63 (5), pp.3407-3429. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Optimal control of a solar sail. Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 2024, 45, pp.2837-2855. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Alesia Herasimenka, Aaron J Rosengren, Nicola Baresi. Second-order Averaging of Low-Thrust Transfers in Fixed Time. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, In press. (hal)
Nicola Baresi, Lamberto Dell'Elce. Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Orbits near Close Planetary Moons. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, In press, pp.1-15. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Controllability Properties of Solar Sails. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2023. (hal)
Paolo Izzo, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Pini Gurfil, Aaron J Rosengren. Nonsingular vectorial reformulation of the short-period corrections in Kozai's oblateness solution. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2022, 134 (2), pp.12. (hal)
Nicola Baresi, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Josué Cardoso dos Santos, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu. Long-term Evolution of Mid-altitude Quasi-satellite Orbits. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 99, pp.2743-2763. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Daniel J. Scheeres. Sensitivity of Optimal Control Problems Arising from their Hamiltonian Structure. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, In press. (hal)
N. Baresi, L. Dell'Elce, J. Cardoso dos Santos, and Y. Kawakatsu. On the Long-term Evolution of Mid-altitude Quasi-satellite Orbits. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce and D. J. Scheeres. Sensitivity of Optimal Control Problems Arising from their Hamiltonian Structure. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 2019. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce, E. Gourc, and G. Kerschen. A robust equal-peak method for uncertain mechanical systems. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 414, 97-109, 2018. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce, N. Baresi, S.P. Naidu, L.A.M. Benner, and D.J. Scheeres. Numerical Investigation of the Dynamical Environment of (65803) Didymos. Advances in Space Research, 59, Issue 5, 1304-1320, 2017. (pdf)
V. Martinusi, L. Dell’Elce, and G. Kerschen. First-Order Analytic Propagation of Satellites in The Exponential Atmosphere of an Oblate Planet. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 127, Issue 4, 451-476, 2017. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce, O. Ben Yaacov, and P. Gurfil. Bayesian Inference of Non-gravitational Perturbations from Satellite Observations. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40, Issue 5, 1231-1240, 2016. (pdf)
V. Martinusi, L. Dell’Elce, and G. Kerschen. Analytical propagation for the near-circular satellite motion in the atmosphere of an oblate planet: The case of constant density. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 123, Issue 1, 85-103, 2015. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce and G. Kerschen. Optimal Propellantless Rendez-vous Using Diffferential Drag. Acta Astronautica, 109, 112-123, 2015. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce and G. Kerschen. Probabilistic Assessment of the Lifetime of Low-Earth-Orbit Spacecraft: Uncertainty Propagation and Sensitivity Analysis. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38, Issue 5, 886-899, 2015. (pdf)
L. Dell’Elce, M. Arnst, and G. Kerschen. Probabilistic Assessment of the Lifetime of Low-Earth-Orbit Spacecraft: Uncertainty Characterization. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38, Issue 5, 900-912, 2015. (pdf)
Conference papers
Ivan Beschastnyi, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Pomet, Ludovic Sacchelli, David Tinoco. Pulse control of affine systems with applications to quantum control. 64th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2025, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Andreas Hein. Optimal solar sail trajectories for fast deep space missions. 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Aug 2024, Broomfield (Colorado), United States. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Frank de Veld, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Characterization of the minimum warning time for low-thrust collision avoidance maneuvers. 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Aug 2024, Broomfield (Colorado), United States. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Ariadna Farrés, Lamberto Dell'Elce. Station-keeping under conical constraint on the control force. 9th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (ICATT), Jun 2023, Sopot, Poland. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Ariadna Farrés, Lamberto Dell'Elce. Controllability of satellites on periodic orbits with cone-constraints on the thrust direction. Complex Days 2023, Feb 2023, Nice, France. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Alesia Herasimenka, Aaron J Rosengren, Nicola Baresi. Efficient Numerical Solution of the Low-Thrust Lambert Problem. SFMM 2023 / 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Jan 2023, Austin, United States. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Considerations on Two-Phase Averaging of Time-Optimal Control Systems. IFAC CAO 2022 - 18th Workshop on Control Applications of Optimization, Jul 2022, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. pp.7-12. (hal)
Alesia Herasimenka, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Controllability Test for Fast-Oscillating Systems with Constrained Control. Application to Solar Sailing. ECC 2022 - European Control Conference, Jul 2022, London, United Kingdom. pp.2143-2148. (hal)
Jean-Baptiste Pomet, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Alesia Herasimenka. A Result on Controllability with Constrained Controls. Workshop on Optimal Control Theory, Jun 2022, Rouen, France. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. On the convergence of time-optimal maneuvers of fast-oscillating control systems. ECC 2021 - European Control Conference, Jun 2021, Virtual, France. pp.2008-2013. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Multi-phase averaging of time-optimal low-thrust transfers. KePASSA 2019 - 4th International Workshop on Key Topics in Orbit Propagation Applied to Space Situational Awareness, Apr 2019, Logrono, Spain. (hal)
Paolo Izzo, Aaron J Rosengren, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Pini Gurfil. Periodic Corrections in Secular Milankovitch Theory Applied to Passive Debris Removal. ISSFD 2019 - 27th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), Feb 2019, Melbourne, Australia. (hal)
Nicola Baresi, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Josué Cardoso dos Santos, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu. Orbit Maintenance of Quasi-Satellite Trajectories via Mean Relative Orbit Elements. Proceedings of the 69th International Astronautical Congress, Oct 2018, Bremen, Germany. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Daniel J. Scheeres. Sensitivity of Optimal Control Problems Arising from their Hamiltonian Structure. John L. Junkins Dynamical Systems Symposium, May 2018, College Station, Texas, United States. (hal)
Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Jean-Baptiste Pomet. Restoring Short-Period Oscillations of the Motion of Averaged Optimal Control Systems. Journées SMAI-MODE, Mar 2018, Autrans, France. (hal)
Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Jean-Baptiste Pomet, Jérémy Rouot. Optimal control of slow-fast mechanical systems. Proceedings of the Complex Systems Academy of Excellence, Jan 2018, Nice, France. pp.105-116. (hal)
Guilhem Michon, Gwénaelle Aridon, Etienne Gourc, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Gaëtan Kerschen, Aurélien Hot. Experimental analysis of linear vibration absorbers for an uncertain main structure. ECSSMET, 2016, Toulouse, France. (hal)