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David A. Spencer

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Statistics

Publications

21

Citations

819

H-Index

16

Active since

1998

Affiliations

Purdue University West Lafayette(Current)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Langley Research Center

California Institute of Technology

David A. Spencer is an author at Purdue University West Lafayette specializing in engineering, aerospace engineering, and orbital mechanics.

Publications per year

1998–2022

21

Publications

21

Mars Pathfinder Entry, Descent, and Landing Reconstruction

David A. Spencer, Robert C. Blanchard, Robert D. Braun et al. · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 1999 · 166 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +17

The LightSail 2 solar sailing technology demonstration

David A. Spencer, Bruce Betts, John Bellardo et al. · Advances in Space Research · 2020 · 154 citations · Full text

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Orbital Mechanics +16

Solar sailing technology challenges

David A. Spencer, Les Johnson, Alexandra C. Long · Aerospace Science and Technology · 2019 · 121 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Propulsion +5

Relative Orbital Elements Formulation Based upon the Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations

T. Alan Lovell, David A. Spencer · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences · 2014 · 40 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +8

Aerobraking Cost and Risk Decisions

David A. Spencer, R. H. Tolson · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 2007 · 36 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +17

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