Advances in Space Research

Article	Citations
Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission	151
Trajectory-battery integrated design and its application to orbital maneuvers with electric pump-fed engines	150
Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress	143
Gravity field recovery from geodetic altimeter missions	103
The LightSail 2 solar sailing technology demonstration	77
Hybrid ensemble machine learning approaches for landslide susceptibility mapping using different sampling ratios at East Sikkim Himalayan, India	63
Unified neural output-constrained control for space manipulator using tan-type barrier Lyapunov function	60
Scientific objectives and payloads of the lunar sample return mission—Chang’E-5	58
A review on developments of deployable membrane-based reflector antennas	57
Integration of ASTER satellite imagery and 3D inversion of aeromagnetic data for deep mineral exploration	56
Assessing the performance of machine learning algorithms for soil salinity mapping in Google Earth Engine platform using Sentinel-2A and Landsat-8 OLI data	54
Overview of CODE’s MGEX solution with the focus on Galileo	54
Adaptive fuzzy neural network control for a space manipulator in the presence of output constraints and input nonlinearities	52
Use of GNSS for lunar missions and plans for lunar in-orbit development	50
Dynamic GPS-based LEO orbit determination with 1 cm precision using the Bernese GNSS Software	46
Spatial modeling of flood probability using geo-environmental variables and machine learning models, case study: Tajan watershed, Iran	44
The X-TRACK/ALES multi-mission processing system: New advances in altimetry towards the coast	43
Estimation of ground subsidence of New Delhi, India using PS-InSAR technique and Multi-sensor Radar data	42
Review of Solar Energetic Particle Prediction Models	42
Integrated drought monitoring index: A tool to monitor agricultural drought by using time-series datasets of space-based earth observation satellites	40
Preliminary mission profile of Hera’s Milani CubeSat	39
Performance assessment of real-time precise point positioning using BDS PPP-B2b service signal	39
Altimetry-based sea level trends along the coasts of Western Africa	38
Disturbance observer based fixed time sliding mode control for spacecraft proximity operations with coupled dynamics	37
An ensemble deep learning based shoreline segmentation approach (WaterNet) from Landsat 8 OLI images	36

Collision avoidance control for formation flying of multiple spacecraft using artificial potential field	36
Integration of artificial intelligence with meta classifiers for the gully erosion susceptibility assessment in Hinglo river basin, Eastern India	36
A novel satellite image encryption algorithm based on hyperchaotic systems and Josephus problem	36
Adaptive neural network control of nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics	35
Flood susceptibility modeling based on new hybrid intelligence model: Optimization of XGboost model using GA metaheuristic algorithm	35
TS-InSAR analysis for monitoring ground deformation in Lanzhou New District, the loess Plateau of China, from 2017 to 2019	35
Reconstruction of active surface deformation in the Rishi Ganga basin, Central Himalaya using PSInSAR: A feedback towards understanding the 7th February 2021 Flash Flood	35
Precise orbit and Earth parameter determination supported by LEO satellites, inter-satellite links and synchronized clocks of a future GNSS	35
Spatiotemporal variation of snowline altitude at the end of melting season across High Mountain Asia, using MODIS snow cover product	35
Modelling and simulation of DME navigation global service volume	34
The InSight-HP3 mole on Mars: Lessons learned from attempts to penetrate to depth in the Martian soil	34
Evaluation of the TRMM 3B42 product for extreme precipitation analysis over southwestern Iran	33
Dynamics of synodic resonant near rectilinear halo orbits in the bicircular four-body problem	33
Hydro-geomorphic characteristics of the Indian (Peninsular) catchments: Based on morphometric correlation with hydro-sedimentary data	32
Exploration of groundwater potential zones mapping for hard rock region in the Jakham river basin using geospatial techniques and aquifer parameters	32
Influence of eddies and tropical cyclone heat potential on intensity changes of tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean	32
Comparison of lunar and Martian regolith simulant-based geopolymer cements formed by alkali-activation for in-situ resource utilization	32
Lunar soils, simulants and lunar construction materials: An overview	31
Land cover classification of spaceborne multifrequency SAR and optical multispectral data using machine learning	31
Potentials and limitations of Sentinel-3 for river discharge assessment	31
Forest fire susceptibility mapping with sensitivity and uncertainty analysis using machine learning and deep learning algorithms	31
Envelop of reachable asteroids by M-ARGO CubeSat	31
Introduction to global short message communication service of BeiDou-3 navigation satellite system	31
Precision analysis of partial ambiguity resolution-enabled PPP using multi-GNSS and multi-frequency signals	30
Machine learning algorithms for soil moisture estimation using Sentinel-1: Model development and implementation	30
Robust finite-time control design for attitude stabilization of spacecraft under measurement uncertainties	30
Quantifying errors in 3D CME parameters derived from synthetic data using white-light reconstruction techniques	30
PM2.5/PM10 ratio characteristics over urban sites of India	30
Long short-term memory and gated recurrent neural networks to predict the ionospheric vertical total electron content	29
Quantitative analysis of spatial distribution of land surface temperature (LST) in relation Ecohydrological, terrain and socio- economic factors based on Landsat data in mountainous area	29
Mission planning problem for optical video satellite imaging with variable image duration: A greedy algorithm based on heuristic knowledge	29
Consolidating sea level acceleration estimates from satellite altimetry	29
Ionospheric TEC forecast model based on support vector machine with GPU acceleration in the China region	28
A machine learning-based framework for high resolution mapping of PM2.5 in Tehran, Iran, using MAIAC AOD data	28
Synergistic evaluation of Sentinel 1 and 2 for biomass estimation in a tropical forest of India	27
Improved robust Kalman filter for state model errors in GNSS-PPP/MEMS-IMU double state integrated navigation	27
DEM-FEM-MBD coupling analysis of landing process of lunar lander considering landing mode and buffering mechanism	27
Comparison of Landsat OLI, ASTER, and Sentinel 2A data in lithological mapping : A Case study of Rich area (Central High Atlas, Morocco)	27
A machine learning approach for accurate crop type mapping using combined SAR and optical time series data	26
Towards the automated operations of large distributed satellite systems. Part 1: Review and paradigm shifts	26
Hayabusa2 extended mission: New voyage to rendezvous with a small asteroid rotating with a short period	26
The automated prediction of solar flares from SDO images using deep learning	26
Benefits of the Open-Loop Tracking Command (OLTC): Extending conventional nadir altimetry to inland waters monitoring	25
Assessment of depth to magnetic sources using high resolution aeromagnetic data of some parts of the Lower Benue Trough and adjoining areas, Southeast Nigeria	25
Evaluation of SCATSAT-1 data for snow cover area mapping over a part of Western Himalayas	25
GPS III Vespucci: Results of half a year in orbit	25
Prediction of solar cycle 25 using deep learning based long short-term memory forecasting technique	25
Longitudinal variations of geomagnetic and ionospheric parameters in the Northern Hemisphere during magnetic storms according to multi-instrument observations	24
LISA: Heliocentric formation design for the laser interferometer space antenna mission	24
Implementation and validation of the FRi3D flux rope model in EUHFORIA	24

Twenty-five years of Mercator ocean reanalysis GLORYS12 at Drake Passage: Velocity assessment and total volume transport	24
The SARAL/AltiKa mission: A step forward to the future of altimetry	24
Evaluating the impact of CNES real-time ionospheric products on multi-GNSS single-frequency positioning using the IGS real-time service	24
Initial assessment of BDS-3 precise point positioning service on GEO B2b signal	24
Wrinkling analysis of solar-photon sails	24
Hypersonic reentry trajectory optimization by using improved sparrow search algorithm and control parametrization method	24
Towards a deeper understanding of historic cosmic ray modulation during solar cycle 20	24
Detection and tracking of mesoscale eddies in the Mediterranean Sea: A comparison between the Sea Level Anomaly and the Absolute Dynamic Topography fields	23
Temperature-Vegetation-soil Moisture-Precipitation Drought Index (TVMPDI); 21-year drought monitoring in Iran using satellite imagery within Google Earth Engine	23
Dynamic modeling and fuzzy adaptive control strategy for space flexible robotic arm considering joint flexibility based on improved sliding mode controller	23
Optimization of One versus All-SVM using AdaBoost algorithm for rainfall classification and estimation from multispectral MSG data	23
Impacts of climate change and meteo-solar parameters on photosynthetically active radiation prediction using hybrid machine learning with Physics-based models	23
Materials characterization of various lunar regolith simulants for use in geopolymer lunar concrete	23
Accuracy analysis of GNSS-IR snow depth inversion algorithms	23
Assessing and minimizing collisions in satellite mega-constellations	23
Examining the expansion of Urban Heat Island effect in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and its vicinity using multi-temporal MODIS satellite data	23
Geomechanical properties of lunar regolith simulants LHS-1 and LMS-1	23
Adopting the empirical CODE orbit model to Galileo satellites	22
Machine learning regression models for prediction of multiple ionospheric parameters	22
Review of recent GNSS modelling improvements based on CODEs Repro3 contribution	22
A comparative study of different neural network models for landslide susceptibility mapping	22
A multi-criteria landslide susceptibility mapping using deep multi-layer perceptron network: A case study of Srinagar-Rudraprayag region (India)	22
Deep learning model for predicting daily IGS zenith tropospheric delays in West Africa using TensorFlow and Keras	22
Ultralow-binder-content thermoplastic composites based on lunar soil simulant	22
On the ability of sliding mode and LQR controllers optimized with PSO in attitude control of a flexible 4-DOF satellite with time-varying payload	22
A solar activity correction term for the IRI topside electron density model	22
Exploiting the Sentinel-3 tandem phase dataset and azimuth oversampling to better characterize the sensitivity of SAR altimeter sea surface height to long ocean waves	22
Deep reinforcement learning-based autonomous mission planning method for high and low orbit multiple agile Earth observing satellites	22
GNSS-grade space atomic frequency standards: Current status and ongoing developments	21
On adaptive attitude tracking control of spacecraft: A reinforcement learning based gain tuning way with guaranteed performance	21
BeiDou-3 orbit and clock quality of the IGS Multi-GNSS Pilot Project	21
Hydro-climatology study of the Ogooué River basin using hydrological modeling and satellite altimetry	21
Sentinel-1 InSAR observations of co- and post-seismic deformation mechanisms of the 2016 Mw 5.9 Menyuan Earthquake, Northwestern China	21
Composite analysis of North Atlantic extra-tropical cyclone waves from satellite altimetry observations	21
Folding pattern design and deformation behavior of origami based conical structures	21
Study on geomechanical properties of lunar soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for chandrayaan mission	21
Statistical analysis of long-lived mesoscale eddies in the Lofoten basin from satellite altimetry	21
Ionospheric total electron content response to annular solar eclipse on June 21, 2020	21
The best solar activity proxy for long-term ionospheric investigations	20
Water level status of Indian reservoirs: A synoptic view from altimeter observations	20
A multiple-CubeSat constellation for integrated earth observation and marine/air traffic monitoring	20
On the anthropogenic and natural injection of matter into Earth’s atmosphere	20
Exchanging satellite attitude quaternions for improved GNSS data processing consistency	20
Design and analysis of a direct transfer trajectory from a near rectilinear halo orbit to a low lunar orbit	20
A new neural network-based optimal mixed H2/H∞ control for a modified unmanned aerial vehicle subject to control input constraints	20
Accuracy analysis of ground-based GNSS-R sea level monitoring based on multi GNSS and multi SNR	20
Impact of rain on wave retrieval from Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar images in tropical cyclones	20
Possible seismo-ionospheric anomalies associated with M  > 5.0 earthquakes during 2000–2020 from GNSS TEC	20
Corsica: A 20-Yr multi-mission absolute altimeter calibration site	20
Landslide susceptibility zonation using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in the Bafoussam-Dschang region (West Cameroon)	20
Wavelet transform approach for denoising and decomposition of satellite-derived ocean color time-series: Selection of optimal mother wavelet	20
A scheduling strategy to inter-satellite links assignment in GNSS	20
PRD-MADDPG: An efficient learning-based algorithm for orbital pursuit-evasion game with impulsive maneuvers	19
Current performance of open position service with almost fully deployed multi-GNSS constellations: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BDS-2, and BDS-3	19
World grid of cosmic ray vertical cut-off rigidity for the last decade	19
SAR based flood risk analysis: A case study Kerala flood 2018	19
Design of an end-to-end demonstration mission of a Formation-Flying Synthetic Aperture Radar (FF-SAR) based on microsatellites	19
Viscoelastic characterization of polymers for deployable composite booms	19
Multi-objective optimization for robust attitude determination of satellite with narrow bound theory	19
Neural-aided GNC reconfiguration algorithm for distributed space system: development and PIL test	19
Prospects of de-tumbling large space debris using a two-satellite electromagnetic formation	19
A new ocean mean dynamic topography model, derived from a combination of gravity, altimetry and drifter velocity data	19
The impact of remote sensing observations on cross-shelf transport estimates from 4D-Var analyses of the Mid-Atlantic Bight	19
Early identification of crop types using Sentinel-2 satellite images and an incremental multi-feature ensemble method (Case study: Shahriar, Iran)	19
Spatiotemporal assessment of landslide susceptibility in Southern Sichuan, China using SA-DBN, PSO-DBN and SSA-DBN models compared with DBN model	19
Optimal solar sail trajectory approximation with finite Fourier series	19
In situ resource utilization of structural material from planetary regolith	19
Indirect neural-based finite-time integral sliding mode control for trajectory tracking guidance of Mars entry vehicle	19
Modeling of nonlinear ion-acoustic solitary, snoidal and superperiodic wave phenomena due to ionospheric escape of Venus	19
Analysis of air pollution in the atmosphere due to firecrackers in the Diwali period over an urban Indian region	18
Comparison and evaluation of different dryness indices based on vegetation indices-land surface temperature/albedo feature space	18
What is the optimum solar proxy for long-term ionospheric investigations?	18
Performance analysis and mission applications of a new solar sail concept based on crossed booms with tip-deployed membranes	18
Thermal control of a spacecraft: Backward-implicit scheme programming and coating materials analysis	18
Evaluating the VNIR-SWIR datasets of WorldView-3 for lithological mapping of a metamorphic-igneous terrain using support vector machine algorithm; a case study of Central Iran	18
Multiple GEO satellites on-orbit repairing mission planning using large neighborhood search-adaptive genetic algorithm	18
Utilisation of spaceborne C-band dual pol Sentinel-1 SAR data for simplified regression-based soil organic carbon estimation in Rupnagar, Punjab, India	18
Experimental study on rotary ultrasonic vibration assisted drilling rock	18
Quantitative contribution of climate change and anthropological activities to vegetation carbon storage in the Dongting Lake basin in the last two decades	18
A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3	18

Mapping mean lake surface from satellite altimetry and GPS kinematic surveys	18
Deformation monitoring and analysis of Kunyang phosphate mine fusion with InSAR and GPS measurements	18
Inclusion of data uncertainty in machine learning and its application in geodetic data science, with case studies for the prediction of Earth orientation parameters and GNSS station coordinate time se	18
Field-scale soil moisture estimation using sentinel-1 GRD SAR data	18
Onboard coordination and scheduling of multiple autonomous satellites in an uncertain environment	17
Event-triggered adaptive fuzzy attitude takeover control of spacecraft	17
Extending the Arctic sea ice freeboard and sea level record with the Sentinel-3 radar altimeters	17
Solar flares and geomagnetic storms of September 2017: Their impacts on the TEC over 75°E longitude sector	17
Structural and lithological interpretation of aero-geophysical data in parts of the Lower Benue Trough and Obudu Plateau, southeast Nigeria	17
Supertyphoon Hagibis action in the ionosphere on 6–13 October 2019: Results from multi-frequency multiple path sounding at oblique incidence	17
Satellite-observed lightning hotspots in India and lightning variability over tropical South India	17
Satellite availability and positioning performance of uncombined precise point positioning using BeiDou-2 and BeiDou-3 multi-frequency signals	17
Nonlinear analysis of open-chain flexible manipulator with time-dependent structure	17
On denoising satellite altimeter measurements for high-resolution geophysical signal analysis	17
Prediction of Total Electron Content (TEC) using Neural Network over Anomaly Crest Region Bhopal	17
Orbit determination of China’s first mars probe Tianwen-1 during interplanetary cruise	17
On the Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Through Its Penetrative, Ring Shedding and Retracted States	17
Compatibility of Terrestrial Reference Frames used in GNSS broadcast messages during an 8 week period of 2019	17
Connectivity preservation and collision avoidance control for spacecraft formation flying in the presence of multiple obstacles	17
Multi-frequency multi-GNSS receiver antenna calibration at IfE: Concept - calibration results - validation	17
Assessing the effects of sea-state related errors on the precision of high-rate Jason-3 altimeter sea level data	17
Does Machine Learning reconstruct missing sunspots and forecast a new solar minimum?	16
Evolution of ion-acoustic soliton waves in Venus’s ionosphere permeated by the solar wind	16
Local and conjugate ionospheric total electron content variation during the 21 June 2020 solar eclipse	16
Assimilation of GPS Zenith Total Delay estimates in RAMS NWP model: Impact studies over central Italy	16
Solar ring mission: Building a panorama of the Sun and inner-heliosphere	16
Fractal MHD wind in the solar atmosphere	16
A review and prospects of operational frequency selecting techniques for HF radio communication	16
Backscattering signatures at Ka, Ku, C and S bands from low resolution radar altimetry over land	16
Detumbling of axisymmetric space debris during transportation by ion beam shepherd in 3D case	16
Solar sail optimal control with solar irradiance fluctuations	16
Validation of non-linear split window algorithm for land surface temperature estimation using Sentinel-3 satellite imagery: Case study; Tehran Province, Iran	16
High-performance altimeter Doppler processing for measuring sea level height under varying sea state conditions	16
Sea state bias in altimetry measurements within the theory of similarity for wind-driven seas	16
Machine learning and multi-sensor data fusion for mapping lithology: A case study of Kowli-kosh area, SW Iran	16
Magnetorquers-based satellite attitude control using interval type-II fuzzy terminal sliding mode control with time delay estimation	16
A brief history of the Harvest experiment: 1989–2019	16
Definition of Low Earth Orbit slotting architectures using 2D lattice flower constellations	16
Robust attitude consensus control for multiple spacecraft systems with unknown disturbances via variable structure control and adaptive sliding mode control	16
New formulation for evaluating status of space debris capture using tether-net	16
Packaging of thick membranes using a multi-spiral folding approach: Flat and curved surfaces	16
Observation of aphelion cloud belt over Martian tropics, its evolution, and associated dust distribution from MCS data	16
Simulations of the solar modulation of Helium isotopes constrained by observations	15
Evaluation of CryoSat-2 water level derived from different retracking scenarios over selected inland water bodies	15
Analysis on the ionospheric scintillation monitoring performance of ROTI extracted from GNSS observations in high-latitude regions	15
Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 for cropland mapping with special emphasis on the usability of textural and vegetation indices	15
Backstepping sliding-mode control of stratospheric airships using disturbance-observer	15
Solar jets observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)	15
A multi-objective optimization framework of constellation design for emergency observation	15
Random Forest for rice yield mapping and prediction using Sentinel-2 data with Google Earth Engine	15
Extended-state-observer-based adaptive control of flexible-joint space manipulators with system uncertainties	15
Mapping mangrove species using combined UAV-LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data: Feature selection and point density effects	15
Periodic orbits of the perturbed relative motion	15
Robust multi-task learning and online refinement for spacecraft pose estimation across domain gap	15
Polarimetric calibration of spaceborne and airborne multifrequency SAR data for scattering-based characterization of manmade and natural features	15
Unusual high frequency EMIC waves: Detailed analysis of EMIC wave excitation and energy coupling between EMIC and magnetosonic waves	14
Vertical surface displacement of mainland China from GPS using the multisurface function method	14
Considerations in the design and deployment of flexible booms for a solar sail	14
Impact of vertical water particle motions on focused SAR altimetry	14
Wave variability along the world’s continental shelves and coasts: Monitoring opportunities from satellite Earth observation	14
Capture and detumble of a non-cooperative target without a specific gripping point by a dual-arm space robot	14
Indus river water level monitoring using satellite radar altimetry	14
Reckoning ionospheric scintillation S4 from ROTI over Indian region	14
Failure prognosis and remaining useful life prediction of control moment gyroscopes onboard satellites	14
Extending the record of Antarctic ice shelf thickness change, from 1992 to 2017	14
Spatial and temporal monitoring of drought conditions using the satellite rainfall estimates and remote sensing optical and thermal measurements	14
A comparative analysis of SLR, MLR, ANN, XGBoost and CNN for crop height estimation of sunflower using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2	14
Numerical simulation of lower ionospheric reflection parameters by using International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) model and validation with Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio signal characteristics	14
Using satellite images of nighttime lights to predict the economic impact of COVID-19 in India	14
A simplified model for fast analysis of the deployment dynamics of tethered-net in space	14
Active attitude control for microspacecraft; A survey and new embedded designs	14
On the dependence of maximum GCR intensity on heliospheric factors for the last five sunspot minima	14
The determination for ideal release point of test masses in drag-free satellites for the detection of gravitational waves	14
Satellite attitude estimation using SVD-Aided EKF with simultaneous process and measurement covariance adaptation	14
Scheduling single-satellite observation and transmission tasks by using hybrid Actor-Critic reinforcement learning	14
Active vibration suppression for flexible satellites using a novel component synthesis method	14
Assessment of IRI-2016 hmF2 model options with digisonde, COSMIC and ISR observations for low and high solar flux conditions	14
A study of ionospheric effects on IRNSS/NavIC positioning at equatorial latitudes	14
Pixel- and Object-Based ensemble learning for forest burn severity using USGS FIREMON and Mediterranean condition dNBRs in Aegean ecosystem (Turkey)	14
Decentralized formation pose estimation for spacecraft swarms	14
DebrisWatch I: A survey of faint geosynchronous debris	13
Orbit determination of BDS-3 satellite based on regional ground tracking station and inter-satellite link observations	13
Prioritizing sub-watersheds based on soil-erosion potential by integrating RUSLE and game-theory algorithms	13
A binary discrete particle swarm optimization satellite selection algorithm with a queen informant for Multi-GNSS continuous positioning	13
A statistical study of solar radio Type III bursts and space weather implication	13
Adaptive finite-time control for six-degree-of-freedom leader-following spacecraft formation using twistors	13
Optimal steering law of refractive sail	13
MADOCA: Japanese precise orbit and clock determination tool for GNSS	13
Natural landing dynamics near the secondary in single-tidal-locked binary asteroids	13
Interstellar Now! Missions to Explore Nearby Interstellar Objects	13
Prediction models of GNSS satellite clock errors: Evaluation and application in PPP	13
Analysis of long-endurance station-keeping flight scenarios for stratospheric airships in the presence of thermal effects	13
Assessment of IRI-2016 hmF2 model predictions with COSMIC observations over the African region	13
COST-G gravity field models for precise orbit determination of Low Earth Orbiting Satellites	13
Modeling GRACE-FO accelerometer data for the version 04 release	13