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A Spacecraft Added Constraints Without Retraining

Separate diffusion energy models for approach geometry and sensor visibility were composed at inference time.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-10-06-005
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Summary

Separate diffusion energy models for approach geometry and sensor visibility were composed at inference time.

On-orbit servicing needs trajectories that can respect different combinations of approach cones, sensor lines of sight and obstacles. The researchers trained separate energy-based diffusion models for individual constraints, then composed them at inference time with one another or with an analytic obstacle field. In the tested rendezvous cases, composed constraint satisfaction stayed within one percentage point of the corresponding single-constraint models or exceeded it. The evidence is simulation, not a flown mission, but the design offers a useful kind of modularity: new constraint combinations need not send the whole trajectory generator back through training.

Why it matters

Separate diffusion energy models for approach geometry and sensor visibility were composed at inference time.

Limits and context

  • The evidence is simulation, not a flown mission, but the design offers a useful kind of modularity: new constraint combinations need not send the whole trajectory generator back through training.

Key claims

  1. Separate diffusion energy models for approach geometry and sensor visibility were composed at inference time.

    Qualification: The evidence is simulation, not a flown mission, but the design offers a useful kind of modularity: new constraint combinations need not send the whole trajectory generator back through training.

    Evidence: source-2026-10-06-005

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2610.05642arXiv · primary research

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