Publications and Conference Proceedings
Lorentz Augmented Orbits
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Journal Articles
- Atchison, Peck, and Streetman, "Lorentz Accelerations in the Earth Flyby Anomaly,", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 1115-1122, 2010
- Streetman and Peck, "General Bang-Bang Control Method For Lorentz Augmented Orbits,", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 484-492, 2010
- Streetman and Peck, "Gravity Assist Maneuvers Augmented by the Lorentz Force," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 32, p. 1639-1647, 2009
- Atchison and Peck, "Lorentz Augmented Jovian Orbit Insertion," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 32, p. 418-423, 2009
- Peck, Streetman, Saaj, and Lappas, "Spacecraft Formation Flying Using Lorentz Forces," Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 60, pp 263-267, Jul 2007
- Streetman and Peck, "New synchronous orbits using the geomagnetic Lorentz force," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 30, p. 1677-1690, 2007
Conference Proceedings
- Atchison and Peck, "Lorentz Accelerations in the Earth Fly-by Anomaly," AIAA-2009-6000, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Streetman and Peck, "A General Bang-Bang Control Method for Lorentz Augmented Orbits," AAS 08-111, AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Galveston, TX, Jan 27-31, 2008
- Streetman and Peck, "Gravity-Assist Maneuvers Augmented by the Lorentz Force," AIAA-2007-6846, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC, Aug 20-23, 2007
- Atchison, Streetman, and Peck, "Prospects for Lorentz Augmentation in Jovian Captures," AIAA-2006-6596, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, CO, Aug 21-24, 2006
- Streetman and Peck, "New Synchronous Orbits Using the Geomagnetic Lorentz Force," AIAA-2006-6804, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, CO, Aug 21-24, 2006
- Peck, "Prospects and Challenges for Lorentz-Augmented Orbits," AIAA-2005-5995, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, Aug 15-18, 2005
CMG Robotics
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Journal Articles
- Brown, Peck, "Energetics of Control Moment Gyroscopes as Joint Actuators," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 1871-1883, 2009
- Brown, "Scissored-Pair Control Moment Gyros: A Mechanical Constraint Saves Power," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 1823-1826, 2008
- Carpenter and Peck, "Dynamics of a High-Agility, Low-Power Imaging Payload", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 666-675, 2008
Conference Proceedings
- Zeledon and Peck, "Singularity-Free Constrained Steering Law for Triplet Control Moment Gyros," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, ON, Aug 2-5, 2010
- Gersh and Peck, "Violet: A High-Agility Nanosatellite for Demonstrating Small Control-Moment Gyroscope Prototypes and Steering Laws," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Jones and Peck, "A Generalized Framework for Linearly-Constrained Singularity-Free Control Moment Gyro Steering Laws," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Soto, Brown, Peck, "A Test Bed for Student Research and Design of Control-Moment Gyroscopes for Robotic Applications," ASEE Annual Conference, Austin, TX, Jun. 14-17, 2009
- Livingston, Brown, Peck "A Method of Robotic Actuation using Control Moment," AIAA YPSE Conference, Baltimore, MD, Nov 21, 2008 - Honorable Mention
- Brown, "Control Moment Gyros as Space-Robotics Actuators," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008 - GNC 2008 Student Paper Competition Finalist
- Carpenter, "Power-Optimal Steering of a Space Robotic System Driven by Control-Moment Gyroscopes," AIAA-2008-7270, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008
- Carpenter and Peck, "Minimum-Power Robotic Maneuvering Using Control-Moment Gyroscopes," AIAA-2007-6324, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC, Aug 20-23, 2007
- Carpenter and Peck, "Dynamics of a High-Agility, Low-Power Coelostat Telescope," AIAA-2006-6591, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, CO, Aug 21-24, 2006
- Jarc, Kimes, Pearson, and Peck, "The Design and Control of a Low-Power, Upper Limb Prosthesis," IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Apr 2006
- Peck, "Low-Power, High-Agility Space Robotics," AIAA-2005-6243, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, Aug 15-18, 2005
- Peck, Paluszek, Thomas, and Mueller, "Control-Moment Gyroscopes for Joint Actuation: A New Paradigm in Space Robotics," AIAA-2005-2522, 1st Space Exploration Conference, Orlando, FL, Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2005
Flux-Pinned Spacecraft
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Journal Articles
- Norman and Peck, "Stationkeeping of a Flux-Pinned Satellite Network," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1683-1687, 2010
- Norman and Peck, "Simplified Model of a Flux-Pinned Spacecraft Formation," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 814-822, 2010
- Shoer, Wilson, Jones, Knobel, and Peck, "Microgravity Demonstrations of Flux Pinning for Station-Keeping and Reconfiguration of CubeSat-Sized Spacecraft," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 47, No. 6, 2010
- Shoer and Peck "Flux-Pinned Interfaces for the Assembly, Manipulation, and Reconfiguration of Modular Space Systems", Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 667-688, 2009
- Shoer and Peck, "Reconfigurable Spacecraft as Kinematic Mechanisms Based on Flux-Pinning Interactions," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 466-469, 2009
- Shoer and Peck, "Stiffness of Flux-pinned for Virtual Structures for Modular Spacecraft," Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 57-65, 2009
Conference Proceedings
- Jones and Peck, "Stability and Control of a Flux-Pinned Docking Interface for Spacecraft ," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, ON, Aug 2-5, 2010
- Shoer and Peck, "Simulation of Multibody Spacecraft Reconfiguration through Sequential Dynamic Equilibria," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, ON, Aug 2-5, 2010
- Wilson and Peck, "An Air-Levitated Testbed for Flux Pinning Interactions at the Nanosatellite Scale," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, ON, Aug 2-5, 2010
- Norman and Peck, "Orbit Maneuvers Through Inter-Satellite Forcing," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Shoer and Peck, "Sequences of Passively Stable Dynamic Equilibria for Hybrid Control of Reconfigurable Spacecraft," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Wilson, Shoer, and Peck, "Demonstration of a Magnetic Locking Flux-Pinned Revolute Joint for Use on CubeSat-Standard Spacecraft," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 10-13, 2009
- Gersh, "Architecting the Very-Large-Aperture Flux-Pinned Space Telescope: A Scalable, Modular Optical Array with High Agility and Passively Stable Orbital Dynamics," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialst Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008
- Jones, "Propsects and Challenges of Particulate Solar Sail Propulsion," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialst Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008
- Norman, "Stationkeeping and Reconfiguration of a Flux-Pinned Satellite Network," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008
- Shoer, "Flux-Pinned Interfaces for the Assembly, Manipulation, and Reconfiguration of Modular Space Systems," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug 18-21, 2008
- Norman and Peck, "Modeling and Properties of a Flux-Pinned Network of Satellites," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialst Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, Aug 19-23, 2007
- Shoer and Peck, "A Flux-Pinned Magnet-Superconductor Pair for Close-Proximity Station Keeping and Self-Assembly of Spacecraft," AIAA-2007-6352, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC, Aug 20-23, 2007
Sprite Spacecraft
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Journal Articles
- Atchison and Peck, "Length Scaling in Spacecraft Dynamics," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 231-246, 2011
- Atchison and Peck, "A Passive, Sun-Pointing, Millimeter-Scale Solar Sail," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 108-121, 2010
Conference Proceedings
- Atchison and Peck, "A Passive Microscale Solar Sail," AIAA SPACE 2008 Conference & Exposition, San Diego, CA, Sep 9-11, 2008
- Atchison and Peck, "A Microscale Solar Sail," 18th JAXA Astrodynamics Workshop, Sagamihara, Japan, Jul 28-29, 2008
- Atchison and Peck, "A Millimeter-Scale Lorentz-Propelled Spacecraft," AIAA-2007-6847, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC, Aug 20-23, 2007
Electrolysis Propulsion
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Conference Proceedings
- Zeledon and Peck, "Electrolysis Propulsion for CubeSat-Scale Spacecraft," AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, CA, Sep 27-29, 2011
Motion Integrals for Spacecraft Estimation and Control
Journal Papers
- Norman and Peck, "Integrals of Motion for Planar Multi-Body Formations with Internal Forces," Journal of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (in press)
Conference Proceedings
- Norman, Peck, and O'Shaughnessy, "In-Orbit Estimation of Inertia and Momentum-Actuator Alignment Parameters," AAS 11-164, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb 14-17, 2011
- Norman and Peck, "Integrals of Motion for Planar Multi-Body Formations with Internal Forces,", AIAA-2010-7668, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Toronto, ON, Aug 2-5, 2010
We publish our work in journals such as the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics and present at conferences hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Astronomical Society.