Real-Time Retargeting Using Controllability Boundary for Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Landing

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Main Authors: Kumar, Suraj, Chakrabarti, Debjyoti, Rallapalli, Aditya, GVP, Bharat Kumar, Kakula, Ashok Kumar
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Published: 2026
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author Kumar, Suraj
Chakrabarti, Debjyoti
Rallapalli, Aditya
GVP, Bharat Kumar
Kakula, Ashok Kumar
author_facet Kumar, Suraj
Chakrabarti, Debjyoti
Rallapalli, Aditya
GVP, Bharat Kumar
Kakula, Ashok Kumar
contents This paper presents the real-time retargeting guidance policy developed for the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission. The baseline guidance generates approximate fuel-optimal descent trajectories, while a high-level policy enables safe retargeting to alternate sites when the nominal site becomes infeasible. The retargeting strategy leverages a convex representation of the controllability boundary, allowing rapid feasibility checks and real-time target updates. To the best of the authors knowledge, this represents the first application of a data-driven retargeting framework in an operational lunar landing mission. Pre-flight simulations and Chandrayaan-3 flight results validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
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spellingShingle Real-Time Retargeting Using Controllability Boundary for Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Landing
Kumar, Suraj
Chakrabarti, Debjyoti
Rallapalli, Aditya
GVP, Bharat Kumar
Kakula, Ashok Kumar
Systems and Control
Machine Learning
This paper presents the real-time retargeting guidance policy developed for the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission. The baseline guidance generates approximate fuel-optimal descent trajectories, while a high-level policy enables safe retargeting to alternate sites when the nominal site becomes infeasible. The retargeting strategy leverages a convex representation of the controllability boundary, allowing rapid feasibility checks and real-time target updates. To the best of the authors knowledge, this represents the first application of a data-driven retargeting framework in an operational lunar landing mission. Pre-flight simulations and Chandrayaan-3 flight results validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
title Real-Time Retargeting Using Controllability Boundary for Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Landing
topic Systems and Control
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29412