Faculty and Staff

John E. Cochran, Jr.

Professor and Head, Aerospace Engineering

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Choe, N., Cochran, J. E., Jr., and Jo, J. H., “Detection of Tethered Satellite Systems,” Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 52, Nos. 1 and 2, January-June 2004, pp. 93-106.
Lovell, T. A, Cochran, J. E., Jr., Cicci, D. A., and Cho, S., “A study of the re-entry orbit discrepancy involving tethered satellites,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 53, 2003, pp. 21-33.
Cicci, D. A., Cochran, J. E., Jr., Qualls, C., and Lovell, T. A., “Quick-Look Identification and Orbit Determination of a Tethered Satellite,” Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 50, No. 3, July-September 2002.
Cho, S. and Cochran, J. E., "Attitude and Configuration Control of Flexible Multi-body Spacecraft," Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2002.
Cho, S. Lovell, A., Cochran, J. E., Jr., and Cicci, D. A., “Approximate Solutions for Tethered Satellite Motion,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 4, July-August, 2001, pp. 746-754.
No, T. S., Cochran, J. E., Jr., Kim, J-K, and Kim, E. G., "A Design Method for Guidance Laws for Bank-To-Turn Missiles," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 2, March-April, 2001, pp. 255-260.
Cochran, J. E., Jr., Cho, S., Lovell, T. A., and Cicci, D. A., “Evaluation of the Information Contained in the Motion of One Satellite of a Two-Satellite Tethered System,” Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 4, October-December, 2000, pp. 477-493.
Cochran, J. E., Jr., Cho, S., Lovell, T. A., and Cicci, D. A., "Modeling Tethered Satellite Systems for Identification and Orbit Determination," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 1, January-March 2000, pp. 89-108.
Cochran, J. E., Jr., Cho, S., Cheng, Y-M, and Cicci, D. A., “Dynamics and Orbit Determination of Tethered Satellite Systems,” Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 2, April June 1998, pp. 177-194.