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Spacecraft

Double gravity-assist rendezvous trajectory to Halley’s comet using deep-space low thrust

Roberto Flores, Alessandro Beolchi, Chiara Pozzi, Mauro Pontani, Ivano Bertini, Cesare Barbieri, Elena Fantino

published 04 Nov 2026

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Task-aware conformal power envelopes for multi-horizon spacecraft monitoring

Nan Lu, Lehan Cui, Xinian Zhi

published 13 Oct 2026

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Experimental and numerical investigation on micro-motion characteristics of lightweight spacecraft

Dongjian Su, Yingjie Yang, Xiaomei Guo, Liqiu Shi, Taoyuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Jiageng Zheng, Chunlei Jiang

published 17 Jul 2026

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Event-triggered adaptive predefined-time anti-unwinding attitude tracking control for spacecraft

Guogang Wang, Zichao Feng, Youyang Qu, Hongwei Sun

published 22 Oct 2025

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Active control of flexible spacecraft in orbit based on partial differential equations

Bo Zhang, Ming Wen

published 10 Sep 2025

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RETRACTED: SiC ultra -thin films for high-performance quantum spacecraft applications fabricated via nanosecond pulsed laser deposition and doping

Praveen Kumar Kanti, Prashantha Kumar H.G., V. Vicki Wanatasanappan, Abhinav Kumar, Dhouha Choukaier, Subbulakshmi Ganesan, Tekalign Negash Kebede

published 21 Aug 2025

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Estimating CO₂ emissions due to present and future suborbital space tourism industry

Angela M. Huang, Yangyang Xu

published 20 Aug 2025

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Enhanced attitude tracking control of spacecraft via inner and outer loop sliding mode design

Xinxiang Fang, Ming Wen

published 17 Jul 2025

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Finite-time attitude tracking control for spacecraft based on backstepping method with input saturation

Yanmin Ren, Aijia Xing

published 18 Jun 2025

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Performance evaluation of virtually deployed road networks for inter-drone communications

Kazuyuki Miyakita, Fuga Sato, Keisuke Nakano

published 14 Nov 2024

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Deformation investigation of electromagnetic diaphragm pump rubber diaphragm

Yu Liao, Heng Wang, Biao Chen, Yinshui Liu

published 24 Jun 2024

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Multi-faceted metagenomic analysis of spacecraft associated surfaces reveal planetary protection relevant microbial composition

Sarah K. Highlander, Jason M. Wood, John D. Gillece, Megan Folkerts, Viacheslav Fofanov, Tara Furstenau, Nitin K. Singh, Lisa Guan, Arman Seuylemezian, James N. Benardini, David M. Engelthaler, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Paul S. Keim

published 22 Mar 2023

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Modeling and probabilistic analysis of civil aircraft operational risk for suborbital disintegration accidents

Wantong Chen, Shuyu Tian, Shiyu Ren

published 07 Apr 2022

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