| Optimal spacecraft rendezvous using genetic algorithms YH Kim, DB Spencer Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 39 (6), 859-865, 2002 | 144 | 2002 |
| Satellite constellation design tradeoffs using multiple-objective evolutionary computation MP Ferringer, DB Spencer Journal of spacecraft and rockets 43 (6), 1404-1411, 2006 | 108 | 2006 |
| Optimal, low-thrust earth-orbit transfers using higher-order collocation methods AL Herman, DB Spencer Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 25 (1), 40-47, 2002 | 88 | 2002 |
| Many-objective reconfiguration of operational satellite constellations with the large-cluster epsilon non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II MP Ferringer, DB Spencer, P Reed 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 340-349, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Optimal space trajectory design: a heuristic-based approach CR Bessette, DB Spencer Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 124, 1611-1628, 2006 | 37 | 2006 |
| Debris evolution and lifetime following an orbital breakup VA Chobotov, DB Spencer Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 28 (6), 670-676, 1991 | 30 | 1991 |
| Dynamics of debris motion and the collision hazard to spacecraft resulting from an orbital breakup VA Chobotov, DB Spencer, DL Schmitt, RP Gupta, RG Hopkins, ... Aerospace Corp. TR SD-TR-88-96, El Segundo, CA, 1988 | 26 | 1988 |
| Calculating transfer families to periodic distant retrograde orbits using differential correction CJ Scott, DB Spencer Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics 33 (5), 1592-1605, 2010 | 23 | 2010 |
| Optimal continuous thrust orbit transfer using evolutionary algorithms J Igarashi, DB Spencer Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics 28 (3), 547-549, 2005 | 22 | 2005 |
| Designing continuous-thrust low-earth-orbit to geosynchronous-earth-orbit transfers DB Spencer, RD Culp Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 32 (6), 1033-1038, 1995 | 19 | 1995 |
| Transfers to sticky distant retrograde orbits CJ Scott, DB Spencer Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics 33 (6), 1940-1946, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Improvement of TIE-GCM thermospheric density predictions via incorporation of helium data from NRLMSISE-00 JS Kim, JV Urbina, TJ Kane, DB Spencer Journal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics 77, 19-25, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Meeting science requirements for attitude determination and control in a low-power, spinning nanosatellite PS Hur, RG Melton, DB Spencer J. Aerosp. Eng 1 (1), 25-33, 2008 | 14 | 2008 |
| Optimal reconfiguration of a formation-flying satellite constellation YT Ahn, DB Spencer 53 rd International Astronautical Congress of the International …, 2002 | 12 | 2002 |
| An analytical solution method for near-optimal, continuous-thrust orbit transfers DB Spencer University of Colorado at Boulder, 1994 | 11 | 1994 |
| Orbit transfer via tube jumping in planar restricted problems of four bodies H Yamato, DB Spencer Journal of spacecraft and rockets 42 (2), 321-328, 2005 | 10 | 2005 |
| Space Debris And Its Effects On Space Operations DB Spencer Aerospace America, 38-42, 1997 | 10 | 1997 |
| Optimal spacecraft trajectories via higher order differential inclusions V Coverstone-Carroll, CA Hartman, AL Herman, DB Spencer Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 102, 377-395, 1999 | 9 | 1999 |
| Optimal spacecraft trajectories via visual trade space exploration DD Jordan, DB Spencer, TW Simpson, MA Yukish, GM Stump AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 27-31, 2008 | 8 | 2008 |
| Tether Survivability and Collision Avoidance: Is LEO the Right Place for Tethered Systems? WJ Cooke, DB Spencer, BJ Anderson, RM Suggs 2001 Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2001), 2001 | 8 | 2001 |
