Concepedia

Spacecraft Pointing

Spacecraft Pointing is a control strategy within attitude control systems that specifies the orientation of a spacecraft’s reference frame relative to a target direction or trajectory, distinguishing itself by enabling precise alignment of onboard instruments or antennas with celestial objects or ground stations.

192

Publications

7.6K

Citations

712

Authors

198

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

32

Parents

Publications

192

A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled<i>Kepler</i>Mission

Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 2014 · 601 citations · Full text

, , +16

The PROBA/CHRIS mission: a low-cost smallsat for hyperspectral multiangle observations of the Earth surface and atmosphere

M. J. Barnsley, J.J. Settle, M. A. Cutter et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · 2004 · 307 citations

, , +15

Characterizing and navigating small bodies with imaging data

R. W. Gaskell, O. S. Barnouin, Daniel J. Scheeres et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2008 · 266 citations

, , +17

Sliding mode control using modified Rodrigues parameters

John L. Crassidis, F. Landis Markley · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1996 · 240 citations

, , +16

Rapid Multitarget Acquisition and Pointing Control of Agile Spacecraft

Bong Wie, D. Bailey, Christopher Heiberg · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 2002 · 219 citations

, , +17

1–5 of 192

Authors

712

  1. SA
    Shlomi Arnon

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    5 publications · 329 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. SM
    S. M. Seltzer

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 85 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. ML
    Marco Lovera

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    4 publications · 179 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. GS
    Gerald S. Nurre

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 228 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. BW
    Bong Wie

    Arizona State University, United States

    4 publications · 335 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5 of 712

Institutions

198

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    12 h-index

    62 publications

    4.3K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    548 citations

  4. Marshall Space Flight Center

    Redstone Arsenal, United States

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    295 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    316 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    494 citations

  8. Naval Postgraduate School

    Monterey, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    205 citations

1–8 of 198

Venues

  1. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    31 publications · 1.5K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. 15

    h-index

  3. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

    12 publications · 415 citations

    12

    h-index

  4. 7

    h-index

  5. Acta Astronautica

    6 publications · 188 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5