Time-explicit representation of relative motion between elliptical orbits RG Melton Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 23 (4), 604-610, 2000 | 299 | 2000 |
Hybrid methods for determining time-optimal, constrained spacecraft reorientation maneuvers RG Melton Acta Astronautica 94 (1), 294-301, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
Optimal low-thrust trajectories to Earth-Moon L2 Halo orbits (circular problem) TF Starchville, RG Melton Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 97, 1741-1756, 1997 | 36 | 1997 |
Inverse dynamics particle swarm optimization applied to constrained minimum-time maneuvers using reaction wheels D Spiller, RG Melton, F Curti Aerospace Science and Technology 75, 1-12, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
Differential evolution/particle swarm optimizer for constrained slew maneuvers RG Melton Acta Astronautica 148, 246-259, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
Optimal trajectories for non-ideal solar sails T Cichan, RG Melton Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 109, 2381-2391, 2002 | 18 | 2002 |
Superconducting tunnel-junction refrigerator RG Melton, JL Paterson, SB Kaplan Physical Review B 21 (5), 1858, 1980 | 18 | 1980 |
Transfers between circular orbits using fixed impulses H Jin, RG Melton Spaceflight Mechanics 1991, 833-842, 1991 | 17 | 1991 |
Meeting science requirements for attitude determination and control in a low-power, spinning nanosatellite PS Hur, RG Melton, DB Spencer J. Aerosp. Eng 1 (1), 25-33, 2008 | 14 | 2008 |
Fundamentals of astrodynamics and applications RG Melton Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 21 (4), 672-672, 1998 | 14 | 1998 |
Comparison of direct optimization methods applied to solar sail problems R Melton AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, 4728, 2002 | 13 | 2002 |
Optimal low-thrust transfers to halo orbits about the L2 libration point in the Earth-Moon system (Elliptical Problem) TF Starchville, RG Melton Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 99 (2), 1489-1505, 1998 | 12 | 1998 |
Maximum-likelihood estimation optimizer for constrained, time-optimal satellite reorientation RG Melton Acta Astronautica 103, 185-192, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
A comparison of parametric and non-parametric machine learning approaches for the uncertain Lambert problem D Guého, P Singla, RG Melton, D Schwab AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 1911, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
Constrained station relocation in geostationary equatorial orbit using a Legendre pseudospectral method SP Kim, RG Melton Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 38 (4), 711-719, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
Optimizing spacecraft reorientation maneuvers using a pseudospectral method BM Yutko, RG Melton Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Sciences and Applications 2 (1), 1-14, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
Optimal visitation order for spacecraft servicing missions BJ Wadsley, RG Melton Astrodynamics 2007-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Proceedings of …, 2008 | 10 | 2008 |
Analytic approximation for fixed-angle constant thrust trajectories via linear perturbation theory G He, RG Melton Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 44 (1), 163-171, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Heuristic optimization of satellite reorientation maneuvers M Pontani, R Melton AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 5581, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
Constrained time-optimal slewing maneuvers for rigid spacecraft RG Melton AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 107-126, 2010 | 8 | 2010 |