Poster with all three generations
Journal articles
- D. Mortari, M. P. Wilkins, and C. Bruccoleri, “The Flower Constellations,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol. 52, no. 1 and 2, pp. 107–127, January–June 2004, special Issue: The “John L. Junkins” Astrodynamics Symposium.
- D. Mortari and M. P. Wilkins, “The Flower Constellation Set Theory Part I: Compatibility and Phasing,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 953–963, July 2008.
- M. P. Wilkins and D. Mortari, “The Flower Constellation Set Theory Part II: Secondary Paths and Equivalency,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 964–976, July 2008.
- D. Mortari, “Flower Constellations as Rigid Objects in Space,” ACTA Futura, vol. 2, pp. 7–22, 2006, published also as ESA SP-633.
- Marzano, F.S., Cimini, D., Memmo, A., Montopoli, M., Rossi, T., De Sanctis, M., Lucente, M., Mortari, D., and Di Michele, S. “Flower Constellation of Millimeter-Wave Radiometers for Tropospheric Monitoring at Pseudo-Geostationary Scale,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 47, No. 9, September 2009, pp. 3107-3122.
- S. K. Bourgeois and D. Mortari, “Rock Around Orbits,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 810–819, 2011.
- Mortari, D., De Sanctis, M., and Lucente, M. “Design of Flower Constellations for Telecommunication Services,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 99, No. 11, November 2011, pp. 2008-2019.
- M. E. Avendaño and D. Mortari, “New Insights on Flower Constellations Theory,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 1018-1030, April 2012.
- Davis, J.J., Avendaño, M.E., and Mortari, D. “The 3-D Theory of Lattice Flower Constellations,” Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 116, No. 4, 2013, pp. 339-356.
- Avendaño, M.E., Davis, J.J., and Mortari, D. “The 2-D Theory of Lattice Flower Constellations,” Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy,Vol. 116, No. 4, 2013, pp. 325-337.
- Casanova, D., Avendaño, M.E., and Mortari, D. “Design of Flower Constellations using Necklaces,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,Vol. 50, No. 2, April 2014, pp. 1347-1358.
Conferences
- Mortari, D., Wilkins, M.P., and Bruccoleri, C. “The Flower Constellations,” AAS 03-274, AAS “John L. Junkins” Astrodynamics Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, May 23-24, 2003.
- Wilkins, M.P., Bruccoleri, C., and Mortari, D. “Constellation Design Using Flower Constellations,” AAS 04-208, Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Maui, HI, February 9-13, 2004.
- Park, K., Wilkins, M.P., Bruccoleri, C., and Mortari, D. “Uniformly Distributed Flower Constellation Design Study for Global Positioning System,” AAS 04-297, Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Maui, HI, February 9-13, 2004.
- Mortari, D., Wilkins, M.P., and Bruccoleri, C. “On Sun-Synchronous Orbits and Associated Constellations,” 6-th DCSSS Conference, July 18-22, 2004, Riomaggiore, Italy.
- Wilkins, M.P. and Mortari, D. “Constellation Design via Projection of an Arbitrary Shape Onto a Flower Constellation Surface,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, August 16-19, 2004, Providence, RI.
- Mortari, D., Abdelkhalik, O., and Bruccoleri, C. “Synodic and Relative Flower Constellations with Applications for Planetary Explorations,” AAS 05-151, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, January 23-27, 2005, Copper Mountain, CO.
- Bruccoleri, C. and Mortari, D. “The Flower Constellations Visualization and Analysis Tool,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 5-12, 2005, Big Sky, MT.
- Park K., Ruggieri, M., and Mortari, D. “Comparisons Between GalileoSat and Global Navigation Flower Constellations,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 5-12, 2005, Big Sky, MT.
- Mortari, D. “Satellite Ballet by Flower Constellations,” Renaissance Banff Bridges Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31 – August 3, 2005.
- Mortari, D. and Wilkins, M.P. “Dual-Compatible Flower Constellations,” AAS 06-202, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Tampa, FL, January 22-26, 2006.
- Henderson, T. and Mortari, D. “Uni-Flower: A Novel Proposal for University-Built Nanosatellites in Flower Constellations,” AAS 06-204, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Tampa, FL, January 22-26, 2006.
- Mortari, D. “Flower Constellations as Rigid Objects in Space,” Invited paper, Innovative System Design Concepts Workshop, Space Research and Technology Center of European Space Agency (ESTEC/ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Edited by ESA’s publication division, pp. 7-22. February 21, 2006.
- De Sanctis, M., Rossi, T., Lucente, M., Ruggieri, M., Bruccoleri, C., Mortari, D., and Izzo, D. “Flower Constellations for Telemedicine Services,” Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications (TIWDC’06) – Satellite Navigation and Communications Systems Conference, September 6-8, 2006, Island of Ponza, Italy.
- Lucente, M., Rossi, T., De Sanctis, M., Ruggieri, M., Bruccoleri, C., and Mortari, D. “Flower Constellations for Interplanetary Missions,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, August 3-7, 2007.
- Salvini, P., Nicolai, V., Ruggieri, M., and Mortari, D. “Deployment and Reconfigurability of Flower Constellations,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, August 3-7, 2007.
- Mortari, D., Nicolai, V., Ruggieri, M., and Salvini, P. “Reconfiguring Flower Constellations using Continuous Firing,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, August 3-7, 2007.
- Mortari, D. and Tonetti, S. “The Flower Formation Flying. Part I: Theory,” AAS 08-185, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Galveston, TX, January 27-31, 2008.
- Tonetti, S., Hyland, D., and Mortari, D. “The Flower Formation Flying. Part II: Applications,” AAS 08-186, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Galveston, TX, January 27-31, 2008.
- Marzano, F.S., Cimini, D., Montopoli, M., Memmo, A., Ferretti, R., Rossi, T., De Sanctis, M., Lucente, M., Mortari, D., Oricchio, D., Varchetta, S., Pavia, P., Nassisi, A., Balduccini, M., Scorzolini, A., Reboa, L., Tozzi, P., Bruno, A., Greco, F., Perrotta, G., Giuliani, G., and Giusto, R. “FLORAD: Micro-satellite Flower Constellation of Millimeter-wave Radiometers for Atmospheric Remote Sensing,” Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Firenze, Italy, March 11-14, 2008.
- Avendaño, M. and Mortari, D. “Rotating Symmetries in Space: The Flower Constellations,” AAS 09-189, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Savannah, GA, February 9-12, 2009.
- Marzano, F.S., Cimini, D., Montopoli, M., Rossi, T., Mortari, D., Di Michele, S., and Bauer, P. “Flower Elliptical Constellation of Millimeter-Wave Radiometers for Precipitating Cloud Monitoring at Geostationary Scale,” European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, April 19-24, 2009
- Varchetta, S., Marzano, F.S., Cimini, D., Rossi, T., and Mortari, D. “FLOMIR: the Light-Weight Conical-Scan Millimetre-Wave Imaging-Sounding Radiometer,” ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and ESA Antenna Workshop Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves: From Technologies to Systems. ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 18-20, 2009.
- M. E. Avendaño, J. J. Davis, and D. Mortari, “The Lattice Theory of Flower Constellations,” AAS 10–172, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, San Diego, CA, February 8–12, 2010.
- J. J. Davis, M. E. Avendaño, and D. Mortari, “Elliptical Lattice Flower Constellations for Global Coverage,” AAS 10-173, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, San Diego, CA, February 8–12 2010.
- D. Casanova, M. E. Avendaño, and D. Mortari, “Necklace Theory on Flower Constellations,” AAS 10-126, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, New Orleans, LO, February 13-17 2011.
- Mortari, D. and Avendaño, M.E. “Evolution of Flower Constellations Theory,” Mini-symposium Algebraic Geometry Applied to Celestial Mechanics of SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, October 6-9, 2011.
- Davis, J., and Mortari, D. “Reducing Walker, Flower, and Streets-of-Coverage Constellations to a Single Constellation Design Framework,” AAS 12-147, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Conference, Charleston, SC, Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2012.
- Casanova, D., Avendaño, M.E., and Mortari, D. “Flower Constellation Optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms,” XIII Jornadas de Trabajo en Mecánica Celeste, Zaragoza, June 18-19, 2012.
- D. Mortari, M. E. Avendaño, and S. Lee, “J2-Propelled Orbits and Constellations,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, Minneapolis, MN, August 13-16 2012.
- Casanova, D., Avendaño, M.E., and Mortari, D. “Optimizing Flower Constellations for Global Coverage,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Minneapolis, MN, August 13-16, 2012.
Two generations (from left: Dr. C. Bruccoleri, Dr. M. Wilkins, Prof. D. Mortari, Dr. J. Davis, Prof. M. Avendaño)
MS Thesis and PhD Dissertations
- M. P. Wilkins, “The Flower Constellations – Theory, Design Process, and Applications,” PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University, October 2004.
- C. Bruccoleri, “Flower Constellation Optimization and Implementation,” PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University, December 2007.
- J. J. Davis, “Constellation Reconfiguration: Tools and Analysis,” PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University, December 2010.
- E. Mandakh, “BOUQUET: A Satellite Constellation Visualization Program for Walker’s and Lattice Flower Constellations,” Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, August 2011.
Reports
- M. Ruggieri, M. D. Sanctis, T. Rossi, M. Lucente, D. Mortari, C. Bruccoleri, P. Salvini, and V. Nicolai, “The Flower Constellation Set and its Possible Applications,” European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Final Report, Ariadna ID: 05/4108, Contract #19700/06/NL/HE, June 2006.
- D. Mortari, T. Henderson, J. J. Davis, and M. E. Avendaño, “Satellite Constellation Design Optimization Methods Study,” Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL Contract FA9453-06-C-0342. Final Report, September 2009.
With John Draim (from left: Prof. D. Casanova, Prof. M. Avendaño, Dr. J. Draim, Dr. J. Davis, Prof. D. Mortari)