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Dr. Vadali specializes on optimal control of space vehicles, orbital mechanics and aircraft flight dynamics and control.

education and training

selected publications

Mahajan, B., & Vadali, S. R. (2020). Two-Body Orbital Boundary Value Problems in Regularized Coordinates. JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCES. 67(2), 387-426.
Vadali, S. R., Schaub, H., Akella, M., Singla, P., & Majji, M. (2020). Special Issue John L. Junkins Dynamical Systems Symposium Celebrating 50 Orbits of Academic Excellence Texas A&M University College Station, TX May 20-21, 2018. JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCES. 67(2), 255-256.
Mahajan, B., Vadali, S. R., & Alfriend, K. T. (2019). State-Transition Matrix for Satellite Relative Motion in the Presence of Gravitational Perturbations. JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS. 42(7), 1441-1457.
Mahajan, B., Vadali, S. R., & Alfriend, K. T. (2018). Exact Delaunay normalization of the perturbed Keplerian Hamiltonian with tesseral harmonics. CELESTIAL MECHANICS & DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY. 130(3), 25.
Li, J., Baoyin, H., & Vadali, S. R. (2015). Autonomous Rendezvous Architecture Design for Lunar Lander. JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS. 52(3), 863-872.

Vadali, S. R., & Alfriend, K. T. (2012). Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control. Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring. 163-184. Springer Nature.
Junkins, J. L. (2010). Fundamental Astrodynamics. SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING: DYNAMICS, CONTROL, AND NAVIGATION. 13-38. Elsevier.
Junkins, J. L. (2010). High-Fidelity Formation Flying Simulation. SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING: DYNAMICS, CONTROL, AND NAVIGATION. 305-328. Elsevier.
Junkins, J. L. (2010). Relative Measurements and Navigation. SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING: DYNAMICS, CONTROL, AND NAVIGATION. 287-303. Elsevier.
Junkins, J. L. (2010). Summary and Future Prospects. SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING: DYNAMICS, CONTROL, AND NAVIGATION. 329-330. Elsevier.

Mahajan, B., Condon, G. L., & Vadali, S. R. (2020). Semianalytic Computation of Ballistic Transfers in the Restricted Three-Body Problem. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum.
Mahajan, B., & Vadali, S. R. (2019). TWO-BODY ORBITAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN REGULARIZED COORDINATES. ASTRODYNAMICS 2018, PTS I-IV. 167, 1265-1293.
Mahajan, B., Vadali, S. R., & Alfriend, K. T. (2017). ANALYTIC SOLUTION OF PERTURBED RELATIVE MOTION WITH ZONAL AND TESSERAL HARMONICS. SPACEFLIGHT MECHANICS 2017, PTS I - IV. 160, 1117-1134.
Mahajan, B., Vadali, S. R., & Alfriend, K. T. (2017). EXACT NORMALIZATION OF THE TESSERAL HARMONICS. SPACEFLIGHT MECHANICS 2017, PTS I - IV. 160, 2569-2588.
Zeng, X., Vadali, S. R., Alfriend, K. T., Hu, Q., & Baoyin, H. (2016). Local Manifolds and Periodic Orbits Around Equilibrium Points of the Rotating Mass Dipole. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.