Kyle T. Alfriend - Publications

Affiliations: 
Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States 
Area:
Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2019 Mahajan B, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. State-Transition Matrix for Satellite Relative Motion in the Presence of Gravitational Perturbations Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 42: 1441-1457. DOI: 10.2514/1.G004133  0.46
2019 Mahajan B, Alfriend KT. Analytic orbit theory with any arbitrary spherical harmonic as the dominant perturbation Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 131: 45. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-019-9923-3  0.371
2018 Mahajan B, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Exact Delaunay normalization of the perturbed Keplerian Hamiltonian with tesseral harmonics Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 130: 25. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-018-9818-8  0.468
2016 Zeng X, Gong S, Li J, Alfriend KT. Solar sail body-fixed hovering over elongated asteroids Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 39: 1223-1231. DOI: 10.2514/1.G001061  0.379
2015 Schumacher PW, Sabol C, Higginson CC, Alfriend KT. Uncertain lambert problem Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 38: 1573-1584. DOI: 10.2514/1.G001019  0.404
2015 Fujimoto K, Alfriend KT. Optical short-arc association hypothesis gating via angle-rate information Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 38: 1602-1613. DOI: 10.2514/1.G000927  0.325
2014 Zeng X, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR. Solar sail planar multireversal periodic orbits Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 37: 674-681. DOI: 10.2514/1.58598  0.426
2014 Holzinger MJ, Alfriend KT, Wetterer CJ, Luu KK, Sabol C, Hamada K. Photometric attitude estimation for agile space objects with shape uncertainty Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 37: 921-932. DOI: 10.2514/1.58002  0.348
2014 Weisman RM, Majji M, Alfriend KT. Analytic characterization of measurement uncertainty and initial orbit determination on orbital element representations Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 1-31. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-013-9529-0  0.691
2014 Weisman RM, Majji M, Alfriend KT. Application of the transformation of variables technique for uncertainty mapping in nonlinear filtering Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 1-36. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-013-9527-2  0.626
2014 Yan H, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. State transition matrix for relative motion including higher-order gravity perturbations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 150: 1317-1336.  0.373
2014 Yan H, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. A simplified formulation of the satellite perturbed relative motion problem Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2014 0.412
2014 Yan H, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. State Transition Matrix for relative motion including J2 and third-body perturbations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 152: 2479-2496.  0.379
2013 Khutorovsky ZN, Samotokhin AS, Alfriend KT. Guaranteed approach for orbit determination with limited error measurements Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 36: 1186-1193. DOI: 10.2514/1.56220  0.343
2013 Sabol C, Hill K, Alfriend K, Sukut T. Nonlinear effects in the correlation of tracks and covariance propagation Acta Astronautica. 84: 69-80. DOI: 10.1016/J.Actaastro.2012.08.023  0.392
2013 Roscoe CWT, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT, Desai UP. Satellite formation design in orbits of high eccentricity with performance constraints specified over a region of interest: MMS phase II Acta Astronautica. 82: 16-24. DOI: 10.1016/J.Actaastro.2012.07.028  0.414
2013 Roscoe CWT, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Third-body perturbation effects on satellite formations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 147: 483-502. DOI: 10.1007/S40295-015-0057-X  0.465
2013 Zeng X, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR. Three-dimensional time Optimal Multi-reversal Orbit by Using Solar Sailing Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 60: 378-395. DOI: 10.1007/S40295-015-0056-Y  0.425
2013 Weisman RM, Majji M, Alfriend KT. Analytic characterization of measurement uncertainty and initial orbit determination on orbital element uncertainty and correlation Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 148: 37-56.  0.637
2012 Holzinger MJ, Scheeres DJ, Alfriend KT. Object correlation, maneuver detection, and characterization using control-distance metrics Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 35: 1312-1325. DOI: 10.2514/1.53245  0.317
2012 Zeng X, Alfriend KT, Li J, Vadali SR. Optimal solar sail trajectory analysis for interstellar missions Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 143: 1951-1964. DOI: 10.1007/S40295-014-0008-Y  0.364
2012 Hill K, Sabol C, Alfriend KT. Comparison of Covariance Based Track Association Approaches Using Simulated Radar Data Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 59: 281-300. DOI: 10.1007/S40295-013-0018-1  0.371
2012 Roscoe CWT, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Design of satellite formations in orbits of high eccentricity with performance constraints specified over a region of interest Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 59: 145-164. DOI: 10.1007/S40295-013-0010-9  0.434
2012 Majji M, Weisman R, Alfriend KT. Solution of the Liouville's equation for Keplerian motion: Application to uncertainty calculations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 143: 2399-2408.  0.644
2011 Fujimoto K, Scheeres DJ, Alfriend KT. Analytical non-linear propagation of uncertainty in the two-body problem Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 140: 1439-1457. DOI: 10.2514/1.54385  0.378
2011 Sekhavat P, Yan H, Fleming A, Ross IM, Alfriend KT. Closed-loop time-optimal attitude maneuvering of magnetically actuated spacecraft Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 58: 81-97. DOI: 10.1007/Bf03321160  0.319
2011 Weisman RM, Majji M, Alfriend KT. Analytic assessment of sensor uncertainty for application to space object tracking and correlation 62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, Iac 2011. 3: 2323-2337.  0.575
2010 Roscoe CWT, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT, Desai UP. Optimal formation design for the magnetospheric multiscale mission using differential orbital elements Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2010. DOI: 10.2514/1.52484  0.406
2010 Sengupta P, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Satellite orbit design and maintenance for terrestrial coverage Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 47: 177-187. DOI: 10.2514/1.44120  0.612
2009 Maruskin JM, Scheeres DJ, Alfriend KT. Correlation of optical observations of objects in Earth orbit Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 32: 194-209. DOI: 10.2514/1.36398  0.362
2009 Yan H, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR, Sengupta P. Optimal design of satellite formation relative motion orbits using least-squares methods Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 32: 599-604. DOI: 10.2514/1.35044  0.664
2008 Vadali SR, Sengupta P, Yan H, Alfriend KT. Fundamental frequencies of satellite relative motion and control of formations Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 31: 1239-1248. DOI: 10.2514/1.34790  0.616
2008 Sengupta P, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Averaged relative motion and applications to formation flight near perturbed orbits Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 31: 258-272. DOI: 10.2514/1.30620  0.646
2008 Yurasov VS, Nazarenko AI, Alfriend KT, Cefola PJ. Reentry time prediction using atmospheric density corrections Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 31: 282-289. DOI: 10.2514/1.26593  0.335
2008 Vadali SR, Sengupta P, Yan H, Alfriend KT. On the fundamental frequencies of satellite relative motion and control of formations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 129: 2747-2766.  0.36
2008 Vadali SR, Yan H, Alfriend KT. Formation maintenance and fuel balancing for satellites with impulsive control Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 0.397
2007 Yan H, Alfriend KT. Approximate minimum energy control laws for low-thrust formation reconfiguration Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 30: 1182-1185. DOI: 10.2514/1.28494  0.406
2007 Yan H, Ross IM, Alfriend KT. Pseudospectral feedback control for three-axis magnetic attitude stabilization in elliptic orbits Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 30: 1107-1115. DOI: 10.2514/1.26591  0.368
2007 Sabol C, Alfriend KT, Wiese D. Angles-only orbit updates for low-earth-orbit satellites Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 30: 314-321. DOI: 10.2514/1.25008  0.427
2007 How JP, Breger LS, Mitchell M, Alfriend KT, Carpenter R. Differential semimajor axis estimation performance using carrier-phase differential global positioning system measurements Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 30: 301-313. DOI: 10.2514/1.23083  0.338
2007 Lee DJ, Alfriend KT. Sigma point filtering for sequential orbit estimation and prediction Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 44: 388-398. DOI: 10.2514/1.20702  0.541
2007 Sengupta P, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Second-order state transition for relative motion near perturbed, elliptic orbits Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 97: 101-129. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-006-9054-5  0.646
2007 Wilkins MP, Sabol C, Cefola PJ, Alfriend KT. Validation and application of corrections to the NRLMSISE-00 atmospheric density model Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 127: 1285-1304.  0.715
2007 Wilkins MP, Sabol C, Cefola PJ, Alfriend KT. Improving dynamic calibration of the atmosphere Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 127: 1257-1272.  0.679
2007 Yan H, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR, Prasenjit S. Optimal design of satellite formation relative motion orbits using least squares methods Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 127: 1467-1484.  0.422
2006 Yan H, Alfriend KT. Numerical searches and optimal control of J2 invariant orbits Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 124: 991-1009.  0.302
2006 Wilkins MP, Sabol CA, Cefola PJ, Alfriend KT. Practical challenges in implementing atmospheric density corrections to the NRLMSISE-00 model Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 124: 1113-1130.  0.69
2005 Alfriend KT, Yan H. Evaluation and comparison of relative motion theories Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 28: 254-261. DOI: 10.2514/1.6691  0.484
2005 Vaddi SS, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR, Sengupta P. Formation establishment and reconfiguration using impulsive control Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 28: 262-268. DOI: 10.2514/1.6687  0.6
2005 Gim DW, Alfriend KT. Satellite relative motion using differential equinoctial elements Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 92: 295-336. DOI: 10.1007/S10569-004-1799-0  0.809
2005 Gim DW, Alfriend KT. Criteria for best configuration and sub-optimal reconfiguration for MMS mission Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 119: 947-968.  0.796
2005 Yan H, Sengupta P, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Development of a state transition matrix for relative motion using the unit sphere approach Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 119: 935-946.  0.433
2004 Sengupta P, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Modeling and control of satellite formations in high eccentricity orbits Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 52: 149-168. DOI: 10.1007/Bf03546426  0.658
2003 Gim DW, Alfriend KT. State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Noncircular Reference Orbit Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 26: 956-971. DOI: 10.2514/2.6924  0.809
2003 Lee DJ, No TS, Choi SW, Lee SR, Kim HJ, Alfriend KT. Precise Ephemeris Reconstruction Using the Clohessy-Wiltshire Frame and Multiple Sequential Compressions Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 26: 781-785. DOI: 10.2514/2.5112  0.61
2003 Carpenter JR, Alfriend KT. Navigation accuracy guidelines for orbital formation flying Aiaa Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. DOI: 10.1007/Bf03546351  0.466
2003 Vaddi SS, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Formation flying: Accommodating nonlinearity and eccentricity perturbations Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 26: 214-223.  0.366
2002 Vaddi SS, Vadali SR, Alfriend KT. Formation flying: Accommodating non-linearity and eccentricity perturbations Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 112: 985-1004. DOI: 10.2514/2.5054  0.501
2002 Alfriend KT, Lee DJ, Glenn Creamer N. Optimal servicing of geosynchronous satellites Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit. DOI: 10.2514/1.15602  0.591
2002 Vadali SR, Vaddi SS, Alfriend KT. An intelligent control concept for formation flying satellites International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 12: 97-115. DOI: 10.1002/Rnc.678  0.492
2002 Gim DW, Alfriend KT. The state transition matrix for relative motion of formation flying satellites Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 112: 1021-1042.  0.794
2002 Alfriend KT, Yan H, Vadali SR. Nonlinear considerations in satellite formation flying Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 0.341
2002 Wilkins MP, Subbarao K, Alfriend KT, Vadali SR. Modeling and simulation of a Sail Aiaa/Aas Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 0.705
2002 Alfriend KT, Gim DW, Vadali SR. The characterization of formation flying satellite relative motion orbits Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 112: 577-583.  0.801
2002 Lee DJ, No TS, Baek JB, Lee SR, Kim HJ, Alfriend KT. Precise onboard ephemeris propagation method using CW frame and multiple compressions Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 112: 441-455.  0.335
2001 Schaub H, Alfriend KT. Impulsive feedback control to establish specific mean orbit elements of spacecraft formations Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 24: 739-745. DOI: 10.2514/2.4774  0.479
2001 Alfriend KT, Vadali SR, Schaub H. Formation flying satellites: Control by an astrodynamicist Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 81: 57-62. DOI: 10.1023/A:1013307103630  0.389
2001 Schaub H, Alfriend KT. J2 invariant relative orbits for spacecraft formations Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 79: 77-95. DOI: 10.1023/A:1011161811472  0.413
2001 Gim DW, Alfriend KT. The state transition matrix of relative motion for the perturbed non-circular reference orbit Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 108: 913-924.  0.815
2001 Alfriend KT, Vadali SR, Wilkins MP. Dynamics and control of Power Sail Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 108: 1791-1810.  0.682
2000 Schaub H, Alfriend KT. Hybrid Cartesian and orbit element feedback law for formation flying spacecraft Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. 184-191. DOI: 10.2514/2.4893  0.475
2000 Akella MR, Alfriend KT. Probability of collision between space objects Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 23: 769-772. DOI: 10.2514/2.4611  0.39
2000 Alfriend KT, Schaub H. Dynamic and control of spacecraft formations: Challenges and some solutions Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 48: 249-267. DOI: 10.1007/Bf03546279  0.484
2000 Schaub H, Vadali SR, Junkins JL, Alfriend KT. Spacecraft formation flying control using mean orbit elements Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 103: 163-181. DOI: 10.1007/Bf03546219  0.443
2000 Wilkins MP, Alfriend KT. Characterizing orbit uncertainty due to atmospheric uncertainty Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. 19-29.  0.714
2000 Schaub H, Alfriend KT. Impulsive spacecraft formation flying control to establish specific mean orbit elements Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 105: 207-220.  0.357
2000 Alfriend KT, Schaub H. Dynamics and control of spacecraft formations: Challenges and some solutions Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 106: 205-223.  0.384
2000 Alfriend KT, Wilkins MP. Covariance as an estimator of orbit prediction error growth in the presence of unknown sensor biases Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 103: 1913-1921.  0.702
2000 Lee DJ, Alfriend KT. Effect of atmospheric density uncertainty on collision probability Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 105: 1255-1272.  0.31
2000 Vadali SR, Alfriend KT, Vaddi S. Hill's equations, mean orbital elements, andformation flying of satellites Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 106: 187-203.  0.378
2000 Alfriend KT, Schaub H, Gim DW. Gravitational perturbations, nonlinearity and circular orbit assumption effects on formation flying control strategies Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 104: 139-155.  0.795
1999 Alfriend KT, Akella MR, Frisbee J, Foster JL, Lee D, Wilkins M. Probability of Collision Error Analysis Space Debris. 1: 21-35. DOI: 10.1023/A:1010056509803  0.745
1999 Vadali SR, Schaub H, Alfriend KT. Initial conditions and fuel-optimal control for formation flying of satellites 1999 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 1-11.  0.305
1998 Beaulieu MR, Alfriend KT, Jerardi T. Launch detection satellite system engineering error analysis Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 35: 487-495. DOI: 10.2514/2.3357  0.337
1997 Akella MR, Junkins JL, Alfriend KT. Some consequences of force model uncertainty on probability of collision with orbital debris Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. 97: 111-121.  0.356
1996 Chang CO, Liu LZ, Alfriend KT. Dynamics and stability of a freely precessing spacecraft containing a nutation damper Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 19: 297-304. DOI: 10.2514/3.21618  0.417
1995 Ross IM, Alfriend KT. Low-Earth-orbit maintenance - Reboost vs thrust-drag cancellation Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 18: 930-932. DOI: 10.2514/3.21486  0.375
1994 Alfriend KT, Lewis DL. Estimation of the low-Earth-orbit debris population and distribution Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 31: 48-53. DOI: 10.2514/3.26401  0.328
1984 Alfriend KT, Coffey SL. Elimination of the perigee in the satellite problem Celestial Mechanics. 32: 163-172. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01231123  0.304
1981 Longman RW, Alfriend KT. Actuator placement from degree of controllability criteria for regular slewing of flexible spacecraft Acta Astronautica. 8: 703-718. DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(81)90012-6  0.339
1979 Longman RW, Alfriend KT. Optimal Control of Large Angle Attitude Maneuvers for Flexible Spacecraft Ifac Proceedings Volumes. 12: 57-62. DOI: 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)65716-1  0.333
1978 Kaufman B, Alfriend KT, Dasenbrock RR. Luni-solar perturbations in the extended phase space representation of the Vinti problem Acta Astronautica. 5: 727-744. DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(78)90065-6  0.368
1977 Alfriend KT. Comment on 'Analytical solution for planar librations of a gravity stabilized satellite' Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 14: 767-768. DOI: 10.2514/3.27995  0.344
1977 Alfriend KT, Dasenbrock R, Pickard H, Deprit A. The extended phase space formulation of the Vinti problem Celestial Mechanics. 16: 441-458. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01229287  0.382
1976 Stickler AC, Alfriend KT. ELEMENTARY MAGNETIC ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 13: 282-287. DOI: 10.2514/3.57089  0.366
1975 Alfriend KT. Magnetic attitude control system for dual-spin satellites Aiaa Journal. 13: 817-822. DOI: 10.2514/3.60443  0.395
1975 Alfriend KT. Method for evaluating gravity effects in the testing of nutation dampers Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 12: 359-362. DOI: 10.2514/3.27841  0.308
1975 Alfriend KT, Velez CE. The application of general perturbation theories to the artificial satellite problem Acta Astronautica. 2: 577-591. DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(75)90003-X  0.431
1974 Alfriend KT, Hubert CH. Stability of a Dual-Spin Satellite with Two Dampers Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 11: 469-474. DOI: 10.2514/3.62108  0.401
1974 Alfriend KT. Partially Filled Viscous Ring Nutation Damper Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 11: 456-462. DOI: 10.2514/3.62106  0.368
1972 Alfriend KT. A nonlinear stability problem in the three dimensional restricted three body problem Celestial Mechanics. 5: 502-511. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01464776  0.409
1971 Alfriend KT. Stability and motion in two degree of freedom hamiltonian systems for three-to-one commensurability International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 6: 563-568. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7462(71)90020-5  0.409
1971 Alfriend KT. Stability of and motion about L4 at three-to-one commensurability Celestial Mechanics. 4: 60-77. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01230322  0.375
1971 Alfriend KT. Stability and motion in two degree-of-freedom hamiltonian systems for two-to-one commensurability Celestial Mechanics. 3: 247-265. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01228038  0.42
1970 Alfriend KT. The stability of the triangular Lagrangian points for commensurability of order two Celestial Mechanics. 1: 351-359. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01231140  0.346
1969 Alfriend KT, Rand RH. Stability of the triangular points in the elliptic restricted problem of three bodies. Aiaa Journal. 7: 1024-1028. DOI: 10.2514/3.5270  0.357
1969 Alfriend KT, Kashiwagi Y. Minimum-time orbital rendezvous between neighboring elliptic orbits Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 4: 260-276. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00927950  0.361
1967 Davis RT, Alfriend KT. Solutions to Van der Pol's equation using a perturbation method International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 2: 153-162. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7462(67)90011-X  0.366
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