James D. Thorne

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Publications

Citations

161

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Active since

1994

Affiliations

U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology(Current)

United States Air Force

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

James D. Thorne is an author at U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology specializing in orbital mechanics, aerospace engineering, and continuous-thrust transfers.

Publications per year

1994–2014

Publications

Approximate initial Lagrange costates for continuous-thrust spacecraft

James D. Thorne, Christopher D. Hall · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1996 · 43 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Orbital Mechanics +16

Minimum-Time Continuous-Thrust Orbit Transfers

James D. Thorne, Christopher D. Hall · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences · 1997 · 34 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Astrodynamics +11

Circle-to-circle constant-thrust orbit raising

Salvatore Alfano, James D. Thorne · JAnSc · 1994 · 32 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics +12

Lambert’s Theorem—A Complete Series Solution

James D. Thorne · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences · 2004 · 21 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Differential Equations +6

Optimal Continuous-Thrust Orbit Transfers.

James D. Thorne · 1996 · 11 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics +17

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