Class information for:
Level 1: SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING//SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING//FORMATION FLYING

Basic class information

ID Publications Average number
of references
Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
9696 1064 20.5 39%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)



ID, lev.
above
Publications Label for level above
1362 7777 JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS//RESTRICTED THREE BODY PROBLEM//CENTRAL CONFIGURATIONS

Terms with highest relevance score



Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING Author keyword 19 49% 3% 28
2 SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING Author keyword 17 54% 2% 22
3 FORMATION FLYING Author keyword 16 23% 6% 61
4 SPACECRAFT RENDEZVOUS Author keyword 15 68% 1% 13
5 FUEL OPTIMAL Author keyword 13 80% 1% 8
6 CONSTANT THRUST Author keyword 13 71% 1% 10
7 ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS Author keyword 12 86% 1% 6
8 DISTRIBUTED SPACE SYST Address 7 53% 1% 10
9 J2 PERTURBATION Author keyword 7 53% 1% 10
10 ASTRODYNAM CONTROL Address 7 41% 1% 13

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING 19 49% 3% 28 Search SPACECRAFT+FORMATION+FLYING Search SPACECRAFT+FORMATION+FLYING
2 SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING 17 54% 2% 22 Search SATELLITE+FORMATION+FLYING Search SATELLITE+FORMATION+FLYING
3 FORMATION FLYING 16 23% 6% 61 Search FORMATION+FLYING Search FORMATION+FLYING
4 SPACECRAFT RENDEZVOUS 15 68% 1% 13 Search SPACECRAFT+RENDEZVOUS Search SPACECRAFT+RENDEZVOUS
5 FUEL OPTIMAL 13 80% 1% 8 Search FUEL+OPTIMAL Search FUEL+OPTIMAL
6 CONSTANT THRUST 13 71% 1% 10 Search CONSTANT+THRUST Search CONSTANT+THRUST
7 ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS 12 86% 1% 6 Search ORBITAL+RENDEZVOUS Search ORBITAL+RENDEZVOUS
8 J2 PERTURBATION 7 53% 1% 10 Search J2+PERTURBATION Search J2+PERTURBATION
9 POLYNOMIAL EIGENSTRUCTURE ASSIGNMENT 6 80% 0% 4 Search POLYNOMIAL+EIGENSTRUCTURE+ASSIGNMENT Search POLYNOMIAL+EIGENSTRUCTURE+ASSIGNMENT
10 DIFFERENTIAL DRAG 6 100% 0% 4 Search DIFFERENTIAL+DRAG Search DIFFERENTIAL+DRAG

Key Words Plus



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SPACECRAFT FORMATIONS 47 62% 5% 49
2 STATE TRANSITION MATRIX 45 83% 2% 25
3 KEPLERIAN ORBIT 34 69% 3% 29
4 ELLIPTIC ORBITS 28 54% 3% 37
5 REVOLUTION LAMBERT SOLUTIONS 24 82% 1% 14
6 OPTIMAL 2 IMPULSE 23 86% 1% 12
7 RELATIVE MOTION 19 23% 7% 72
8 VECTOR SEPARATION 11 78% 1% 7
9 CIRCULAR ORBIT 9 21% 3% 37
10 ELLIPTIC ORBIT 8 50% 1% 12

Journals

Reviews



Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references
% act. ref.
to same field
Spacecraft formation flying: A review and new results on state feedback control 2009 47 16 94%
An overview of small satellites in remote sensing 2008 20 2 50%
Spacecraft formation-keeping using a closed-form orbit propagator and optimization technique 2009 5 12 92%
Knowledge of machines: review and forward look 2012 1 4 25%
Formation flying for along-track interferometric oceanography-First in-flight demonstration with TanDEM-X 2014 0 9 33%

Address terms



Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 DISTRIBUTED SPACE SYST 7 53% 0.9% 10
2 ASTRODYNAM CONTROL 7 41% 1.2% 13
3 SATELLITE TECHNOL 4 15% 2.4% 26
4 SPACE FLIGHT TECHNOL 4 75% 0.3% 3
5 CODE MAE MR 3 100% 0.3% 3
6 GERMAN SPACE OPERAT 3 21% 1.0% 11
7 GERMAN SPACE OPERAT GSOC 2 67% 0.2% 2
8 TEC ECN 2 67% 0.2% 2
9 CHAIR SPACE SYST ENGN 2 36% 0.4% 4
10 AON SPACE 1 100% 0.2% 2

Related classes at same level (level 1)



Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000196557 LIBRATION POINT ORBITS//CIRCULAR RESTRICTED THREE BODY PROBLEM//BALLISTIC CAPTURE
2 0.0000138241 LOW THRUST ORBIT TRANSFER//MARS ENTRY//TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION
3 0.0000122931 CLOSED ENVIRONMENT//HEALTH SCORECARD//MULTI STATE FAILURE
4 0.0000113439 FROZEN ORBITS//CRITICAL INCLINATION//ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE THEORY
5 0.0000103060 SOLAR SAIL//SOLAR SAILS//ADV SPACE CONCEPTS
6 0.0000089542 GUIDANCE NAVIGAT CONTROL SYST ENGN BRANCH//STAR SENSOR//ATTITUDE DETERMINATION
7 0.0000088272 SPACE DEBRIS//ORBITAL REENTRY DEBRIS STUDIES//ORBITAL DEBRIS PROGRAM OFF
8 0.0000087128 ATTITUDE CONTROL//FLEXIBLE SPACECRAFT//SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL
9 0.0000079474 SPACE INTELLIGENT SYST//SPACE ROBOT//SPACE ROBOTS
10 0.0000067576 SPACECRAFT CHARGING//SPACECRAFT ENVIRONM INTERACT ENGN//LORENTZ SPACECRAFT