Joseph W. Gangestad

The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

11h-index436citations36works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(17), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control(11), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics(9), Spacecraft Design and Technology(9), Planetary Science and Exploration(7)

Publications36 total

The DiskSat: A Two-Dimensional Containerized Satellite Presenter Information
Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)·2025Open Access
DiskSat: Demonstration Mission for a Two-Dimensional Satellite Architecture
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2025Open Access
Risk to Lunar-Surface and Orbital Assets from a High-Energy Breakup in Low Lunar Orbit
2025
Evaluation of New Candidate Disposal Orbits for Lunar and Cislunar Missions
2025
Novel Strategies for Cislunar Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance
2024
A Sat-to-Sat Inspection Demonstration with the AeroCube-10 1.5U CubeSats
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
The DiskSat: A Two-Dimensional Containerized Satellite
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Reinventing constellations: the effectiveness of rideshare approaches for constellation deployment
2018
On-orbit characterization of space solar cells on nano-satellites
2016· 3 cited
Orbital motion
AccessScience·2015
Lights Out: Evolution of an Automated Ground Segment for Operation of the Aerospace CubeSat Constellation
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2015Open Access
Along for the Ride: Experience with Flexible Mission Design for CubeSats (Invited)
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference·2014· 1 cited
Forest fires, sunglint, and a solar eclipse: Responsive remote sensing with AeroCube-4
2014· 2 cited
A High Earth, Lunar Resonant Orbit for Lower Cost Space Science Missions
arXiv (Cornell University)·2013· 10 citedOpen Access
Along for the Ride: Experience with Flexible Mission Design for CubeSats
2013
Operations, Orbit Determination, and Formation Control of the AeroCube-4 CubeSats
2013· 24 citedOpen Access
Analytical Expressions that Characterize Propellantless Capture with Electrostatically Charged Spacecraft
Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics·2010· 23 cited
Analytical solutions for the relative motion of spacecraft subject to Lorentz-force perturbations
Acta Astronautica·2010· 58 cited
Inclination Change in Low-Earth Orbit via the Geomagnetic Lorentz Force
Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics·2010· 28 cited
Lagrange’s planetary equations for the motion of electrostatically charged spacecraft
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy·2010· 36 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Jay M. Pasachoff(9), B. A. Babcock(8), George E. Pollock(8), James M. Longuski(8), A. A. S. Gulbis(7), S. P. Souza(7), Brian Hardy(6), David Hinkley(6), Elisabeth R. Adams(5), E. Kramer(5), Darren Rowen(5), J. L. Elliot(4), C. C. Venturini(4), Richard Welle(4), J. L. Elliot(3), Michael J. Person(3), Anne E. Jaskot(3), Rosemary E. Pike(3), C. A. Zuluaga(3), A. S. Bosh(3)