Most cited papers in Space Satellite Systems and Control
What are the most cited papers in Space Satellite Systems and Control?
The most cited paper in Space Satellite Systems and Control is "Kinetics and Kinematics for Translational Motions in Microgravity During Parabolic Flight" (Leia A. Stirling, Karen E. Willcox, Philip A. Ferguson et al., 2009), with 5,266 citations. Next come "Deterministic and Stochastic Optimal Control." (2,711) and "Foundations of solid mechanics" (1,960).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 262 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinetics and Kinematics for Translational Motions in Microgravity During Parabolic Flight Leia A. Stirling, Karen E. Willcox, Philip A. Ferguson et al. · Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine | Jun 2009 | 5,266 |
| 2 | Deterministic and Stochastic Optimal Control. J. A. Bather, Wendell H. Fleming, Raymond Rishel · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) | 1976 | 2,711 |
| 3 | Foundations of solid mechanics Frank Pohle · Journal of the Franklin Institute | Apr 1966 | 1,960 |
| 4 | Preshaping Command Inputs to Reduce System Vibration Neil C. Singer, Warren P. Seering · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Mar 1990 | 1,646 |
| 5 | A review of space robotics technologies for on-orbit servicing Ángel Flores-Abad, Ou Ma, Khanh Pham et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 29 Mar 2014 | 1,346 |
| 6 | Initial Experiments on the End-Point Control of a Flexible One-Link Robot Robert H. Cannon, Eric Schmitz · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Sep 1984 | 1,148 |
| 7 | Solution of a Three-Body Problem in One Dimension Francesco Calogero · Journal of Mathematical Physics | Dec 1969 | 1,096 |
| 8 | Attitude stabilization of rigid spacecraft with finite‐time convergence Zheng Hong Zhu, Yuanqing Xia, Mengyin Fu · International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control | 21 Jul 2010 | 1,005 |
| 9 | A technical comparison of three low earth orbit satellite constellation systems to provide global broadband Iñigo del Portillo, Bruce G. Cameron, Edward F. Crawley · Acta Astronautica | 15 Mar 2019 | 985 |
| 10 | Satellite Orbits: Models, Methods, and Applications Oliver Montenbruck, Eberhard K. A. Gill, FH Lutze · Applied Mechanics Reviews | Mar 2002 | 939 |
| 11 | Review and comparison of active space debris capturing and removal methods Minghe Shan, Jian Hua Guo, Eberhard K. A. Gill · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 21 Nov 2015 | 819 |
| 12 | The International Laser Ranging Service M. R. Pearlman, John J. Degnan, John M. Bosworth · Advances in Space Research | Jul 2002 | 816 |
| 13 | Decentralized Scheme for Spacecraft Formation Flying via the Virtual Structure Approach Wei Ren, Randal W. Beard · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2004 | 738 |
| 14 | Literature survey of contact dynamics modelling Gabriele Gilardi, Inna Sharf · Mechanism and Machine Theory | Oct 2002 | 732 |
| 15 | Accuracy performance of star trackers - a tutorial Carl Christian Liebe · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems | Apr 2002 | 655 |
| 16 | Resolved motion rate control of space manipulators with generalized Jacobian matrix Yoji Umetani, Kazuya Yoshida · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 1989 | 618 |
| 17 | Global classical solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system in three dimensions for general initial data K. Pfaffelmoser · Journal of Differential Equations | Feb 1992 | 610 |
| 18 | New State Transition Matrix for Relative Motion on an Arbitrary Elliptical Orbit Koji Yamanaka, Finn Ankersen · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2002 | 576 |
| 19 | The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS) V. Angelopoulos et al. · Space Science Reviews | 22 Jan 2019 | 559 |
| 20 | A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control. Part II: control Daniel P. Scharf, Fred Y. Hadaegh, Scott R. Ploen | 2004 | 531 |
| 21 | A Reevaluation of Impact Melt Production E. Pierazzo, Ann M. Vickery, H. J. Melosh · Icarus | Jun 1997 | 523 |
| 22 | Adaptive attitude tracking control for rigid spacecraft with finite-time convergence Kunfeng Lu, Yuanqing Xia · Automatica | 3 Oct 2013 | 515 |
| 23 | Spacecraft Trajectory Planning with Avoidance Constraints Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Arthur Richards, Tom Schouwenaars, Jonathan P. How et al. · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 2002 | 507 |
| 24 | Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators Anı́bal Ollero, Marco Tognon, Alejandro Suárez et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 22 Jun 2021 | 495 |
| 25 | Quaternion feedback for spacecraft large angle maneuvers Bong Wie, Peter M. Barba · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | May 1985 | 468 |
| 26 | The kinematics, dynamics, and control of free-flying and free-floating space robotic systems Steven Dubowsky, E. Papadopoulos · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1993 | 455 |
| 27 | Indirect Robust Adaptive Fault -Tolerant Control for Attitude Tracking of Spacecraft Wenchuan Cai, Xiaofeng Liao, Y. D. Song · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 22 Aug 2008 | 454 |
| 28 | The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation Jonathan C. McDowell · The Astrophysical Journal Letters | Apr 2020 | 451 |
| 29 | On-orbit service (OOS) of spacecraft: A review of engineering developments Weijie Li, Da-Yi Cheng, Xigang Liu et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 10 May 2019 | 449 |
| 30 | Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3 David Vallado, Paul Crawford, Ricahrd Hujsak et al. · AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit | 15 Jun 2006 | 443 |
| 31 | Relative Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft Formations in Eccentric Orbits Gökhan İnalhan, Michael Tillerson, Jonathan P. How · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2002 | 443 |
| 32 | Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Attitude Stabilization With Actuator Saturation Zheng Hong Zhu, Yuanqing Xia, Mengyin Fu · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | 21 Jan 2011 | 423 |
| 33 | Attitude Tracking of Rigid Spacecraft With Bounded Disturbances Yuanqing Xia, Zheng Hong Zhu, Mengyin Fu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | 30 Mar 2010 | 408 |
| 34 | Entry Guidance: A Unified Method Ping Lu · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 19 Feb 2014 | 399 |
| 35 | Robonaut: NASA's space humanoid R.O. Ambrose, Hal Aldridge, R.S. Askew et al. · IEEE Intelligent Systems and their Applications | Jul 2000 | 398 |
| 36 | Risks in Space from Orbiting Debris J.‐C. Liou, Nicholas L. Johnson · Science | 19 Jan 2006 | 398 |
| 37 | Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Attitude Tracking Control of Spacecraft With Prescribed Performance Qinglei Hu, Xiaodong Shao, Lei Guo · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 20 Nov 2017 | 394 |
| 38 | Triple collision in the collinear three-body problem Richard McGehee · Inventiones mathematicae | Sep 1974 | 393 |
| 39 | Adaptive Sliding Mode Disturbance Observer-Based Composite Control With Prescribed Performance of Space Manipulators for Target Capturing Yukai Zhu, Jianzhong Qiao, Lei Guo · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | Jun 2018 | 392 |
| 40 | State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Noncircular Reference Orbit Dong-Woo Gim, Kyle T. Alfriend · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Nov 2003 | 392 |
| 41 | NASA's new breakup model of evolve 4.0 Nicholas L. Johnson, Paula H. Krisko, J.‐C. Liou et al. · Advances in Space Research | 2001 | 392 |
| 42 | Optimal estimation with an introduction to stochastic control theory David Christian Evar Kraft · Automatica | Nov 1987 | 388 |
| 43 | Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics P.H. Zipfel, Werner Schiehlen · Applied Mechanics Reviews | Nov 2001 | 386 |
| 44 | A study of on-orbit spacecraft failures Mak Tafazoli · Acta Astronautica | Nov 2008 | 376 |
| 45 | An active debris removal parametric study for LEO environment remediation J.‐C. Liou · Advances in Space Research | 10 Feb 2011 | 371 |
| 46 | Satellite Formation Flying Design and Evolution Chris Sabol, Rich Burns, Craig A. McLaughlin · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | Mar 2001 | 369 |
| 47 | Sensor-based space robotics-ROTEX and its telerobotic features G. Hirzinger, B. Brunner, J. Dietrich et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1993 | 367 |
| 48 | Direct simulation methods for compressible inviscid ideal-gas flow Dale I. Pullin · Journal of Computational Physics | Feb 1980 | 367 |
| 49 | Shuttle entry guidance J. C. Harpold, C. A. Graves | Oct 1978 | 361 |
| 50 | Shock-wave shapes around spherical-and cylindrical-nosed bodies. F. S. Billig · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | Jun 1967 | 358 |
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