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Alonso Rodrigo, GustavoAuthor

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August 2, 2020
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An innovative satellite sunlight-reflection staring attitude control with angular velocity constraint

Publicated to: AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 103 (105905): 105905- - 2020-08-01 103(105905), DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.105905

Authors:

Zhang, FZ; Jin, L; Rodrigo, GA
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Affiliations

Beihang Univ, Sch Astronaut - Author
Beihang University - Author
Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Sch Aerosp Engn - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS A so-called sunlight-reflection staring control for spacecraft on low Earth orbit is discussed such that the sunlight, reflected by an on-board reflector, will point to a target point on Earth surface during a short period of time. The new method begins with the establishment of the target reference frame, whose attitude quaternion, angular velocity and acceleration are calculated afterwards. An back-stepping based control technique is adopted to achieve the attitude tracking and guarantee the tracking error angular velocity will be constrained in a predefined region. Moreover, the conditions under which the sunlight-reflection staring is analyzed, and the geographic information of the actual staring point are computed to analyze the accuracy of the method. The simulation section results validate the control performance.
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Keywords

Angular velocity constraintAttitude controlAttitude staringSliding-mode controlSpacecraftSunlight-reflectionTracking

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 2/34, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Aerospace. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.88, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 32
  • Google Scholar: 5
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86717/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 100
  • Downloads: 47
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: China.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Rodrigo GA).

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