With many of our research and development projects, ASTER Labs, Inc. personnel have published various concepts and results. These include several ground-breaking topics.
Below is a listing of many of our papers arranged by the year it was published.
2011
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• “Pulsar Navigation”, Darryll J. Pines and Suneel I. Sheikh, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2011, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2011, pp. 265-268.
2009
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• “Deep Space Navigation Augmentation Using Variable Celestial X-ray Sources”, Suneel I. Sheikh, John E. Hanson, John Collins, and Paul Graven, Institute of Navigation 2009 International Technical Meeting, pp. 34-48, Anaheim, CA, 26-28 January 2009.
2008
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• “Spacecraft Navigation Using X-ray Pulsars”, Paul H. Graven, John T. Collins, Suneel I. Sheikh, and John E. Hanson, 7th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation, & Control Systems, GNC 2008, Tralee, Ireland, 2-5 June 2008.
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• “Noise Analysis for X-ray Navigation Systems”, John Hanson, Suneel Sheikh, John Collins, and Paul Graven, IEEE-ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2008, Monterey, CA, 5-8 May 2008.
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• “XNAV for Deep Space Navigation”, Paul Graven, John Collins, Suneel Sheikh, John Hanson, Paul Ray, and Kent Wood, AAS Paper 08-054, American Astronautical Society 31st Annual Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 1-6 February 2008.
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• “Deep Space Navigation Using Celestial X-ray Sources”, Paul S. Ray, Suneel I. Sheikh, Paul H. Graven, Michael T. Wolff, Kent S. Wood, and Keith C. Gendreau, Institute of Navigation 2008 National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, 28-30 January 2008.
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• “Gravity Gradiometer Aided Inertial Navigation within Non-GNSS Environments”, Justin Arthur Richeson, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2008.
2007
• “On Pulse Phase Estimation and Tracking of Variable Celestial X-Ray Sources”, A. Robert Golshan and Suneel I. Sheikh, Institute of Navigation 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 23-25 April 2007.
• “XNAV Beyond the Moon”, Paul Graven, John Collins, Suneel Sheikh, and John E. Hanson, Institute of Navigation 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 23-25 April 2007.
• “High-Order Pulsar Timing For Navigation”, Suneel I. Sheikh, Ronald W. Hellings, and Richard A. Matzner, Institute of Navigation 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 23-25 April 2007.
• “Relative Navigation of Spacecraft Utilizing Bright, Aperiodic Celestial Sources”, Suneel I. Sheikh, Paul S. Ray, Kathryn Weiner, Michael T. Wolff, and Kent S. Wood, Institute of Navigation 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 23-25 April 2007.
• “Absolute and Relative Position Determination Using Variable Celestial X-ray Sources”, Suneel I. Sheikh, A. Robert Golshan, and Darryll J. Pines, AAS Paper 07-103, American Astronautical Society 30th Annual Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 3-7 February 2007.
2006
• “Recursive Estimation of Spacecraft Position and Velocity Using X-Ray Pulsar Time of Arrival Measurements”, Suneel I. Sheikh and Darryll J. Pines, Navigation Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2006, pp. 149-166.
• “Spacecraft Navigation Using X-ray Pulsars”, Sheikh, S. I., Pines, D. J., Wood, K. S., Ray, P. S., Lovellette, M. N., and Wolff, M. T., Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2006, pp. 49-63.
2005
• “The Use of Variable Celestial X-ray Sources for Spacecraft Navigation”, Suneel Ismail Sheikh, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2005.
• “Precision Pulsar Timing in X-rays: Application to Spacecraft Navigation”, Paul S. Ray, Kent S. Wood, Michael T. Wolff, Joseph W. Lazio, Deepto Chakrabarty, Saul A. Rappaport, Jacob M. Hartman, Suneel I. Sheikh, Pulsar Timing Array – A Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Telescope Workshop, Penn State University, 21-23 July 2005.
• “Recursive Estimation of Spacecraft Position Using X-ray Pulsar Time of Arrival Measurements”, Suneel I. Sheikh and Darryll J. Pines, Institute of Navigation 61st Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 27-29 June 2005.
2004
• “The Use of X-ray Pulsars for Spacecraft Navigation”, Suneel I. Sheikh, Darryll J. Pines, Paul S. Ray, Kent S. Wood, Michael N. Lovellette, and Michael T. Wolff, AAS Paper 04-109, American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 14th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI, 8-12 February 2004.
2000 - 2003
• “Absolute Timing Calibration of the USA Experiment Using Pulsar Observations”, Ray, P.S., Wood, K.S., Wolff, M.T., Lovellette, M.N., Sheikh, S., Moon, D.-S., Eikenberry, S.S., Roberts, M., Lyne, A., Jordon, C., Bloom, E.D., Tournear, D., Saz Parkinson, P., Reilly, K., American Astronomical Society, HEAD Meeting #35, March, 2003.
• “Absolute Timing of the Crab Pulsar: X-ray, Radio, and Optical Observations”, Ray, P.S., Wood, K.S., Wolff, M.T., Lovellette, M.N., Sheikh, S., Moon D.-S., Eikenberry, S.S., Roberts, M., Bloom, E.D., Tournear, D., Saz Parkinson, P., Reilly, K., American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, Seattle, WA, December 2002.
1990 - 1999
• “GPS Attitude System Integrated with an Inertial System for Space Applications”, Hendrik C. Gelderloos, Suneel I. Sheikh, and Brian W. Schipper, Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 26-30 October 1997.
• “GPS Attitude System Integrated with an Inertial System for Space Applications”, Hendrik C. Gelderloos, Suneel I. Sheikh, and Brian W. Schipper, AAS Paper AAS 97-001, American Astronautical Society Conference, Breckenridge, CO, January 1997.
• “Trajectory Optimization for Hypersonic Aircraft Guidance”, R.L. Schultz, M.J. Hoffman, A.M. Case, and S.I. Sheikh, AGARD Air Vehicle Mission Control and Management Conference, AGARD Conference Proceedings No. 504, 22-25 October 1991.
• “Navigation, Guidance, and Trajectory Optimization for Hypersonic Vehicles”, R.L. Schultz, M.J. Hoffman, A.M. Case, and S.I. Sheikh, AGARD Hypersonic Combined Cycle Propulsion Conference, AGARD Conference Proceedings No. 479, 28 May to 1 June 1990.
