Topic · Spacecraft Design and Technology
Most cited papers in Spacecraft Design and Technology
What are the most cited papers in Spacecraft Design and Technology?
The most cited paper in Spacecraft Design and Technology is "The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission" (M. W. Werner et al., 2004), with 2,911 citations. Next come "Preshaping Command Inputs to Reduce System Vibration" (1,646) and "A Parameterization for the Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere" (1,528).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 169 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission M. W. Werner et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | Sep 2004 | 2,911 |
| 2 | Preshaping Command Inputs to Reduce System Vibration Neil C. Singer, Warren P. Seering · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Mar 1990 | 1,646 |
| 3 | A Parameterization for the Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere Andrew A. Lacis, James E. Hansen · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | 1974 | 1,528 |
| 4 | The SOHO mission: An overview V. Domingo, Bernhard Fleck, Arthur I. Poland · Solar Physics | Dec 1995 | 1,520 |
| 5 | Atmospheric Correction for the Troposphere and Stratosphere in Radio Ranging Satellites Jouko H. Saastamoinen · Geophysical monograph | 8 Sep 2011 | 1,510 |
| 6 | Numerical data and functional relationships in science and technology W. O’Reilly · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | Apr 1987 | 1,295 |
| 7 | Lunar sourcebook. A user's guide to the moon D. W. Ming · Endeavour | Jun 1992 | 1,078 |
| 8 | THE OPTIMAL DEPLETION OF EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, Geoffrey Heal · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 31 Mar 1980 | 1,018 |
| 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 | Reduction of Stratospheric Ozone by Nitrogen Oxide Catalysts from Supersonic Transport Exhaust Harold S. Johnston · Science | 6 Aug 1971 | 927 |
| 11 | CHAMP mission status Ch. Reigber, Hermann Lühr, Peter Schwintzer · Advances in Space Research | Jul 2002 | 798 |
| 12 | Advances in astronautical sciences Brian O’Leary · Icarus | Aug 1983 | 598 |
| 13 | CubeSat evolution: Analyzing CubeSat capabilities for conducting science missions Armen Poghosyan, Alessandro Golkar · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 25 Nov 2016 | 536 |
| 14 | Massive MIMO Transmission for LEO Satellite Communications Li You, Ke-Xin Li, Jiaheng Wang et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 8 Jun 2020 | 535 |
| 15 | The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation Jonathan C. McDowell · The Astrophysical Journal Letters | Apr 2020 | 451 |
| 16 | Who launched what, when and why; trends in global land-cover observation capacity from civilian earth observation satellites Alan S. Belward, Jon Olav Skøien · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | 28 Apr 2014 | 450 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | A survey and assessment of the capabilities of Cubesats for Earth observation Daniel Selva, David Krejci · Acta Astronautica | Feb 2012 | 430 |
| 19 | Multidisciplinary optimization methods for aircraft preliminary design Ilan Kroo, Steve Altus, Robert D. Braun et al. · 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization | 22 Aug 1994 | 422 |
| 20 | Cubesats: Cost-effective science and technology platforms for emerging and developing nations Kirk Woellert, P. Ehrenfreund, Antonio J. Ricco et al. · Advances in Space Research | 15 Oct 2010 | 390 |
| 21 | Modern Small Satellites-Changing the Economics of Space Martin N. Sweeting · Proceedings of the IEEE | 27 Feb 2018 | 384 |
| 22 | Radiation Around the Earth to a Radial Distance of 107,400 km. James A. van Allen, L. A. Frank · Nature | Feb 1959 | 381 |
| 23 | A study of on-orbit spacecraft failures Mak Tafazoli · Acta Astronautica | Nov 2008 | 376 |
| 24 | The space radiation environment for electronics E. G. Stassinopoulos, J. P. Raymond · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1988 | 375 |
| 25 | The Swarm Satellite Constellation Application and Research Facility (SCARF) and Swarm data products Nils R. B. Olsen et al. · Earth Planets and Space | Nov 2013 | 364 |
| 26 | A progress report on the status of the COLUMBUSMRCI program system Ron L. Shepard, Isaiah Shavitt, Russell M. Pitzer et al. · International Journal of Quantum Chemistry | 12 Mar 1988 | 358 |
| 27 | Survey of worldwide pico- and nanosatellite missions, distributions and subsystem technology Jasper Bouwmeester, Jian Hua Guo · Acta Astronautica | 24 Jun 2010 | 344 |
| 28 | NASA thermal control technologies for robotic spacecraft Theodore D. Swanson, Gajanana C. Birur · Applied Thermal Engineering | 12 May 2003 | 333 |
| 29 | Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology R.A. Guidotti, Patrick J. Masset · Journal of Power Sources | 26 Jul 2006 | 333 |
| 30 | Propulsion Requirements for Controllable Satellites Theodore N. Edelbaum · ARS journal | Aug 1961 | 327 |
| 31 | The TerraSAR-X Mission and System Design Rolf Werninghaus, Stefan Buckreuss · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 30 Nov 2009 | 325 |
| 32 | Doppler characterization for LEO satellites I. Ali, Naofal Al‐Dhahir, John E. Hershey · IEEE Transactions on Communications | Mar 1998 | 315 |
| 33 | Results from the Deep Space 1 technology validation mission Marc D. Rayman, Philip L. Varghese, David H. Lehman et al. · Acta Astronautica | Jul 2000 | 299 |
| 34 | An Updated Comparison of Four Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation Systems to Provide Global Broadband Nils Pachler, Iñigo del Portillo, Edward F. Crawley et al. | Jun 2021 | 295 |
| 35 | Solar 3D printing of lunar regolith Alexandre Meurisse, Advenit Makaya, Christian Willsch et al. · Acta Astronautica | 28 Sep 2018 | 286 |
| 36 | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment II Instrument: A Functional Description L. Mauldin, Neal H. Zaun, Michael P. McCormick et al. · Optical Engineering | Apr 1985 | 286 |
| 37 | Collaborative optimization: an architecture for large-scale distributed design Robert D. Braun | 3 Oct 1996 | 285 |
| 38 | A passive system for determining the attitude of a satellite Harold D. Black · AIAA Journal | Jul 1964 | 281 |
| 39 | 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Olivier Mousis, J. I. Lunine, Caroline Thomas et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) | Mar 2008 | 270 |
| 40 | Towards the Thousandth CubeSat: A Statistical Overview Thyrso Villela, Cesar Augusto Costa, Alessandra M. Brandão et al. · International Journal of Aerospace Engineering | 10 Jan 2019 | 268 |
| 41 | The control and use of libration-point satellites Robert W. Farquhar · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) | Sep 1970 | 268 |
| 42 | The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment: Science and implementation Bruce R. Barkstrom, G. Louis Smith · Reviews of Geophysics | May 1986 | 267 |
| 43 | Stagnation-point radiative heating relations for earth and Mars entries Michael E. Tauber, K. SUTTON · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | 1991 | 266 |
| 44 | Predicting Simultaneous Nadir Overpasses among Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites for the Intersatellite Calibration of Radiometers Changyong Cao, Michael P. Weinreb, Hui Zhi Xu · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | Apr 2004 | 260 |
| 45 | Review of Formation Flying and Constellation Missions Using Nanosatellites Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay, Rebecca Foust, Giri P. Subramanian et al. · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | 24 Mar 2016 | 259 |
| 46 | Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence on the Edge in Space Systems: Challenges and Opportunities Gianluca Furano, Gabriele Meoni, Aubrey K. Dunne et al. · IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine | Dec 2020 | 256 |
| 47 | Bilevel Integrated System Synthesis Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski‐Sobieski, Jeremy S. Agte, Robert R. Sandusky · AIAA Journal | 2000 | 256 |
| 48 | Elementary Magnetic Attitude Control System A. C. Stickler, Kyle T. Alfriend · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | May 1976 | 255 |
| 49 | Prisma: The Italian Hyperspectral Mission Rosa Loizzo, Rocchina Guarini, Francesco Longo et al. | Jul 2018 | 252 |
| 50 | In-orbit test result of an operational optical intersatellite link between ARTEMIS and SPOT4, SILEX Toni Tolker-Nielsen, Gotthard Oppenhauser · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE | 30 Apr 2002 | 251 |
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