Publications

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  • Oleksii Padun, and Ye Lu. “Estimation and Control of Dynamic Mass-Moment Parameters for Spacecraft Attitude Simulator” Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Ground Systems, SSC12-X-07, 2024. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2024/all2024/119/
  • Athul P. Girija, Rachana Agrawal, Ye Lu, Archit Arora, Maxim de Jong, Matt Kent, Sarag J. Saikia, and James M. Longuski, “A Single Wheel Test Rig for Ocean World Rovers,” Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 108, Oct, 2023 doi: 10.1016/j.jterra.2023.07.001
  • Ye Lu and Oswaldo Santana Gonzalez, “Single-Event Lift Modulation Aerocapture for Small, Low-Cost Interplanetary Missions,” 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 4–11, 2023. doi: 10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115756
  • Athul P. Girija, Sarag J. Saikia, James M. Longuski, Ye Lu, and James A. Cutts, “Quantitative Assessment of Aerocapture and Application to Future Missions,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rocket, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2022. doi: 10.2514/1.A35214
  • Oswaldo Santana Gonzalez and Ye Lu, “Ballistic Aerocapture for SmallSat: A Case Study for Venus Atmospheric Sampling Probe,” 35th Annual Small Satellite Conference, August 7-12, 2021. Paper number: SSC21-XIII-04
  • Sarag J. Saikia, James Millane, Ye Lu, Alec Mudek, Archit Arora, Paul Witsberger, Kyle Hughes, James Longuski, Anastassios Petropoulos, Nitin Arora, James Cutts, John Elliott, John Sims, and Kim Reh, “Aerocapture Assessment for NASA Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2021. doi: 10.2514/1.A34703
  • Ye Lu and Sarag J. Saikia, “Saturn and Enceladus Mission Design using Titan Aerogravity-Assist,” Acta Astronautica, no. 176, 2020, pp. 262–275. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.06.001
  • Zhenbo Wang and Ye Lu, “Improved Sequential Convex Programming Algorithms for Entry Trajectory Optimization,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 57, No. 6, 2020.
    doi: 10.2514/1.A34640
  • Athul Pradeepkumar Girija, Ye Lu, and Sarag J. Saikia, “Feasibility and Mass-Benefit Analysis of Aerocapture for Venus,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2020, pp. 58–73. doi: 10.2514/1.A34529
  • Ye Lu and Sarag J. Saikia, “Feasibility Assessment of Aerocapture for Future Titan Orbiter Missions,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2018, pp. 1125-1135.
    doi: 10.2514/1.A34121
  • Justin Mansell, Nithin Kolencherry, Kyle Hughes, Archit Arora, HoSoon Chye, Kody Coleman, Jake Elliott, Stephen Fulton, Nicholas Hobar, Ben Libben, Ye Lu, James Millane, Alec Mudek, Luis Podesta, Jennifer Pouplin, Eiji Shibata, Greg Smith, Ben Tackett, Taka Ukai, Paul Witsberger, and Sarag Saikia, “Oceanus: A Multi-Spacecraft Flagship Mission Concept to Explore Saturn and Uranus,” Advances in Space Research, Vol. 59, No. 9, 2017, pp. 2407–2433.
    doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.02.012
  • Nikolaos A. Gatsonis, Ye Lu, John J. Blandino, Michael A. Demetriou, Nikolaos Paschalidis. “Micro Pulsed Plasma Thrusters for Attitude Control of a Low-Earth-Orbiting CubeSat,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2016, pp. 57–73. doi: 10.2514/1.A33345