Best Paper Awards

We pick the best paper in each Space Flight Mechanics meeting and Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

• 1991 SFM (Houston, TX)
• 1991 ASC (Durango, CO)
  S. Coffey, A. Deprit, E. Deprit
  Painting Phase Spaces to Put Frozen Orbits in Context
• 1992 SFM (Colorado Springs, CO)
• 1992 ASC (Hilton Head, SC)

C.C. Chao, H. Bernstein, W.C. Boyce, R.J. Perkins

Autonomous Stationkeeping of Geosynchronous Satellites Using a GPS Receiver

• 1993 SFM (Pasadena, CA)
  Daniel C. Kammer and Gary L. Gray
  A Nonlinear Control Design for Energy Sink Simulation in the Euler-Poinsot Problem
• 1993 ASC (Victoria, BC)

S.R. Vadali, S. Krishnan

Attitude Control of Spacecraft Using Neural Networks

Konopliv, A. S., W. L. Sjogren, R. N. Wimberly, R. A. Cook, A. Vijayaraghavan

A High Resolution Lunar Gravity Field and Predicted Orbit Behavior

• 1994 SFM (Cocoa Beach, FL)
  Ronald Glickman
  TIDE: The Timed-Destination Approach to Constellation Formationkeeping
• 1994 ASC (Scottsdale, AZ)
  Nikos Markopoulos
  Analytically Exact Non-Keplerian Motion for Orbital Transfers
• 1995 SFM (Albuquerque, NM)

Theodore J. Kim, David G. Hull

Optimal Control Design Using Error Compensation

• 1995 ASC (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  Yi-Ping Wang and Richard Longman
  Use of Non-Causal Digital Signal Processing in Learning and Repetitive Control
• 1996 SFM (Austin, TX)

James L. Garrison, and Penina Axelrad

Application of the Extended Kalman Filter for Relative Navigation in an Elliptical Orbit

• 1996 ASC (San Diego, CA)
• 1997 SFM (Huntsville, AL)
  R. W. Farquhar (jhuapl), D. W. Dunham, and Shao-Chiang Jen

CONTOUR Mission Overview and Trajectory Design

• 1997 ASC (Sun Valley, ID)
  J. A. Beck and Chris D. Hall
  Relative Equilibria of a Rigid Satellite in a Circular Keplerian Orbit
• 1998 SFM (Monterey, CA)
  Jang-Won Jo and John E. Prussing
  Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Optimal Control Problems with a Scalar Terminal Constraint
• 1998 ASC (Boston, MA)
  Mark Psiaki
  Autonomous Orbit Determination for two Spacecraft from Relative Position Measurements
• 1999 SFM (Breckenridge, CO)
  C. David Eagle
  Gravity-Assist Trajectory Design with MATLAB
• 1999 ASC (Girdwood, Alaska)
  T. D. Powell
  Automated Tuning of an Extended Kalman Filter Using the Downhill Simplex Algorithm
• 2000 SFM (Clearwater, FL)
  Kathleen C. Howell, B. Marchand, M.W. Lo
  Temporary Satellite Capture of Short-Period Jupiter Family Comets from the Perspective of Dynamical Systems
• 2000 ASC (Denver, CO)
  George R. Granholm, Ronald J. Proulx, Paul J. Cefola, Andrey I. Nazarenko, Vasiliy Yurasov
  Requirements for Near Real Time Atmospheric Calibration
• 2001 SFM (Santa Barbara, CA)
  Dong-Woo Gim and Kyle T. Alfriend
  The state transition matrix of relative motion for the perturbed non-circular reference orbit
• 2001 ASC (Quebec City, Quebec)
  Gerard Gomez, W. Koon, Martin W. Lo, J. Marsden, Josep J. Masdemont and S. Ross
  Invariant Manifolds, the Spatial Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design
• 2002 SFM (San Antonio, TX)
  Fu-Yuen Hsiao and Daniel J. Scheeres
  The Dynamics of Formation Flight About a Stable Trajectory
• 2002 ASC (Monterey, CA)
  Mark L. Psiaki and Yaacov Oshman
  Spacecraft Attitude Rate Estimation From Geomagnetic Field Measurements
• 2003 SFM (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
  Ryan P. Russell and Cesar A Ocampo,
  A Systematic Method for Constructing Earth-Mars Cyclers using Direct Return Trajectories
• 2003 ASC (Big Sky, MT)
  J. Pela'ez and Y. N. Andre's
  Dynamic Stability of Electrodynamic Tethers in Inclined Elliptical Orbits
• 2004 SFM (Maui, Hawaii)
  Vasiliy S. Yurasov, Andrey I. Nazarenko, Paul J. Cefola and K. Terry Alfriend
  Results and Issues of Atmospheric Density Correction
• 2004 ASC (Providence, RI)
  Martin W. Lo & Jeffrey S. Parker
  Unstable Resonant Orbits near Earth and Their Applications in Planetary Missions
• 2005 SFM (Copper Mountain, CO)
  Paul Williams
  Optimal Control of the Deployment of a Spinning Tethered Formation
• 2005 ASC (S. Lake Tahoe, CA)

Jozef C. van der Ha and Vaios J. Lappas

Long-Term Attitude Drift of Spinning Spacecraft under Solar Radiation Torques

· 2006 SFM (Tampa, FL)

Ryan Russell and Try Lam

Designing Capture Trajectories to Unstable Periodic Orbits Around Europa

· 2006 ASC (Keystone, CO)

Mrinal Kumar, Puneet Singla, Suman Chakravorty and John L. Junkins

The Partition of Unity Finite Element Approach to the Stationary Fokker-Planck

Equation

· 2007 SFM (Sedona, AZ)

Lindsay D. Millard and Kathleen C. Howell

Control of Interferometric Spacecraft Arrays for (u, v) Plane Coverage in

Multi-body Regimes

· 2007 ASC (Mackinac Island, MI)

· 2008 SFM (Galveston, TX)