Publications: Journal of the Astronautical Sciences | Space Times | Univelt Publishers

Dr. Kathleen Howell, Editor-in-Chief
Purdue University

Dr. Henry J. Pernicka, Managing Editor
Missouri University of Science and Technology

The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences was ranked #4 out of all aerospace engineering journals in 2007 by Eigenfactor, which measures a journal’s prestige based on per article citations, and also the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given year.

Published quarterly by the American Astronautical Society since 1954, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences is an archival publication devoted to the sciences and technology of astronautics. Articles are published which present significant new results, important insights, or state of the art surveys in all areas of astrodynamics, celestial mechanics, atmospheric flight mechanics, navigation and guidance, and space related sciences. Authors are encouraged to submit papers on attitude dynamics, orbit determination, trajectory optimization, space mission analysis, numerical methods, maneuvering flight vehicles, dynamics and control of large flexible space structures, and space sciences related to new astronautical systems and their applications.

The Journal is currently available in print only, and provided at no charge to AAS members. Online access will be available in 2010.  Annual institutional subscription rates (4 issues) are $170.00 for U.S. addresses and $190.00 for other countries.  Back issues can be ordered based on availability.

Submission of Manuscripts: Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the Editor, Kathleen C. Howell, Ph.D. (howell@purdue.edu) School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 3233 Armstrong Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.  If possible, the cover letter should include the names and addresses of three suggested reviewers. Authors are responsible for the security clearance by an appropriate agency of the material contained in the papers.  Authors of manuscripts submitted for publication must confirm that page charges will be paid before final acceptance of their paper.  Page charges at the rate of $65.00 per printed page will be billed.  In return, a final PDF of the article will be supplied without charge.  Note: If authors request figures be printed in color, additional charges will range from $750 to $1,200.

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CONTENTS — VOLUME 56, NUMBER 4

Direct Lunar Halo Orbit Transfers
by Jeffrey S. Parker and George H. Born

The Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Mission
by Sergio De Florio and Simone D’Amico

Trigger Angle Targeting for Orbital Rendezvous
by David C. Woffinden, M. Ben Rose and David K. Geller

Two-Stage Path Planning Approach for Solving Multiple Spacecraft Reconfiguration Maneuvers 
by Georges S. Aoude, Jonathan P. How and Ian M. Garcia

Maneuver Planning Optimization for Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions
by Ross Burgon, Peter C.E. Roberts, Jennifer A. Roberts and Finn Ankersen

Orbit-Nadir Aligned Coulomb Tether Reconfiguration Analysis
by Arun Natarajan and Hanspeter Schaub

Transient Aero-Thermal Mapping of Passive Thermal Protection System for Nose-Cap of Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle
by Shripad P. Mahulikar, Shashank Khurana, Ritesh Dungarwal, Sushil G. Shevakari, Jayakumar Subramanian and Amit V. Gujarathi

Errata:  The Nature of the Quaternion by Malcolm D. Shuster

Index for Volume 56

CONTENTS — VOLUME 56, NUMBER 3

Special Issue: The Byron D. Tapley Symposium

Preface: Byron D. Tapley

Gravity Model Determination from the Grace Mission
by Byron D. Tapley

Trajectory Options for DUNE, a Near-Earth Dust Telescope
by Jeffrey S. Parker and George H. Born

Fast Design of Repeat Ground Track Orbits in High-Fidelity Geopotentials
by Martin Lara and Ryan P. Russell

Subcycle Analysis for ICESat’s Repeat Groundtrack Orbits and Application to Phasing Maneuvers by Nadege Pie and Bob E. Schutz

Navigation and Control of the TanDEM-X Formation
by Oliver Montenbruck, Ralph Kahle, Simone D’Amico, and Jean-Sebastien Ardaens

The Nature of the Quaternion
by Malcolm D. Shuster

Estimation of Total Electron Content (TEC) Using Spaceborne GPS Measurements by Key-Rok Choi and E. Glenn Lightsey

A High Order Method for Estimation of Dynamic Sustems
by Manoranjan Majji, John L. Junkins, and James D. Turner

CONTENTS — VOLUME 56, NUMBER 2

Earth Satellite Orbits as KAM Tori
by William E. Wiesel

An Analytic Investigation into the Behavior of Kepler’s Equation
by James D. Turner

A Small Satellite Constellation for Continuous Coverage of Mid-Low Earth Latitudes
by Emiliano Ortore and Carlo Ulivieri

A Dynamical System Approach for the Station Keeping of a Solar Sail
by Ariadna Farres and Angel Jorba

Libration Point Stationkeeping Using the O-D Technique
by M. Xin, S.N. Balakrishnan and H.J. Pernicka

Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control with Actuator Uncertainties
by Hyungjoo Yoon and Panagiotis Tsiotras

CONTENTS — VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1

Radially Accelerated Periodic Orbits in the Clohessy-Wiltshire Frame
by Hiroshi Yamakawa and Ikkoh Funaki

Analytic Solutions for Equal Mass Four-Craft Static Coulomb
by Harsh Vasavada and Hanspeter Schaub

Inclusion of Higher Order Harmonics in the Modeling of Optimal
Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer
by Jean A. Kechichian

Control of Interferometric Spacecraft Arrays for (u, v) Plane Coverage in Multi-Body Regimes
by Lindsay D. Millard and Kathleen C. Howell

Anomalistic Disturbance Torques During the Entry Phase of the Mars Exploration Rover Missions – a Telemetry and Mars-Surface Investigation
by Robert H. Tolson, William H. Willcockson, Prasun N. Desai and Paige Thomas

Adaptive Satellite Attitude Control in the Presence of Inertia and CMG Gimbal Friction Uncertainties
by W. MacKunis, K. Dupree, N. Fitz-Coy and W.E. Dixon

Preliminary Orbit Determination of a Tethered Satellite Using the f and g series
by D.A. Cicci and C. Qualls

CONTENTS — VOLUME 55, NUMBER 4

Optimal Approach to and Alignment with a Rotating Rigid Body for Capture
by Zhanhua Ma, Ou Ma and Banavara N. Shashikanth

Entry, Descent, and Landing Scenario for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission

by Prasun N. Desai, Wayne J. Lee and Adam Steltzner

Autonomous Atmospheric Entry on Mars: Performance Improvement Using
a Novel Adaptive Control Algorithm
by Steve Ulrich and Jean de Lafontaine

Technical Note: A New Method to Introduce A Priori Information in QUEST
by Renato Zanetti and Robert H. Bishop

Effective Direction Measurements for Spacecraft Attitude: I. Equivalent Directions
by Malcolm D. Shuster

Effective Direction Measurements for Spacecraft Attitude: II. Predicted Directions
by Malcolm D. Shuster

Effective Direction Measurements for Spacecraft Attitude: III. Defective Directions and Data Fusion
by Malcolm D. Shuster

CONTENTS — VOLUME 55, NUMBER 3

Analysis of Gravity-Gradient-Perturbed Rotational Dynamics at
the Collinear Lagrange Points
by Eytan Bruckner and Pini Gurfil

Use of a Genetic Algorithm to Access Relative Motion in Highly
Elliptic Orbits
by Carrie D. Olsen and Wallace T. Fowler

Mars Exploration Rovers Entry, Descent, and Landing Trajectory Analysis
by Prasun N. Desai and Phillip C. Knocke

The Streamlined and Complete Set of the Nonsingular J2-Perturbed
Dynamic and Adjoint Equations for Trajectory Optimization in Terms of
Eccentric Longitude
by Jean A. Kechichian

Optimal Lunar Swingby Trajectories
by John T. Betts

A New Strategy for Lunar Soft Landing
by Xu Shijie and Zhu Jianfeng

Symmetric Stereographic Orientation Parameters Applied to Constrained
Spacecraft Attitude Control
by Charles M. Southward II, Joshua R. Ellis and Hanspeter Schaub

CONTENTS — VOLUME 55, NUMBER 2

Optimal Configuration of Tetrahedral Spacecraft Formations
by Geoffrey T. Huntington, David Benson and Anil V. Rao

Solutions for Handling Control Magnitude Bounds in Adaptive
Dynamic Inversion Controlled Satellites
by Monish D. Tandale and John Valasek

Analysis of the Relative Attitude Estimation and Control Problem
for Satellite Inspection and Orbital Rendezvous
by D. Geller

Solar Torque Estimation for Momentum Bias Spacecraft
by Lawrence K. McGovern, Philip Hirschberg and Xenophon Price

Covariance Analysis for Deep-Space Satellites with Radar and
Optical tracking Data
by James G. Miller

The Optimization of TRIAD
by Malcolm D. Shuster

The Maximum-Error Test
by Douglas C. Freesland, Yang Cheng and Malcolm D. Shuster

CONTENTS — VOLUME 55, NUMBER 1

An Orbit Analysis for Peforming Remote Sensing from the
International Space Station
by Megan Mitchell and Todd J. Mosher

Analysis of Relative Navigation in High Earth Orbits
by Christopher Lane and Penina Axelrad

Hamiltonian Mechanics and Relative Equilibria of Orbiting Gyrostats
by Christopher D. Hall and Jeffrey A. Beck

Singularity Avoidance of Variable Speed Control Moment Gyros
by Optimization Approach
by Hyunjae Lee and Hyochoong Bang

Attitude and Interlock Angle Estimation Using Split-Field-of-View
Star Tracker
by Puneet Singla, D. Todd Griffith, Anup Katake and John L. Junkins

Spin-Axis Attitude Estimation
by Sergei Tanygin and Malcolm D. Shuster