# Automated Tour Design in the Saturnian System

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14996 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.14996/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 26 Oct 2022.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Agile Tradespace Exploration for Space Rendezvous Mission Design via Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.03544/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Future missions to Enceladus would benefit from multi-moon tours that leverage V-infinity on resonant orbits to progressively transfer between moons. Such "resonance family hopping" trajectories present a vast search space for global optimization due to the different combinations of available resonances and flyby speeds. The proposed multi-objective tour design algorithm optimizes entire moon tours from Titan to Enceladus via grid-based dynamic programming, in which the computation time is significantly reduced by utilizing a database of V-infinity-leveraging transfers. The result unveils a complete trade space of the moon tour design to Enceladus in a tractable computation time and global optimality.