| Demonstration of a trapped-ion atomic clock in space EA Burt, JD Prestage, RL Tjoelker, DG Enzer, D Kuang, DW Murphy, ... Nature 595 (7865), 43-47, 2021 | 139 | 2021 |
| Initial results of rover localization and topographic mapping for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover mission R Li, SW Squyres, RE Arvidson, BA Archinal, J Bell, Y Cheng, L Crumpler, ... Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 71 (10), 1129-1142, 2005 | 127 | 2005 |
| Constellations of elliptical inclined lunar orbits providing polar and global coverage TA Ely, E Lieb the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 54 (1), 53-67, 2006 | 109 | 2006 |
| Stable constellations of frozen elliptical inclined lunar orbits TA Ely the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 53, 301-316, 2005 | 107 | 2005 |
| Mercury ion clock for a NASA technology demonstration mission RL Tjoelker, JD Prestage, EA Burt, P Chen, YJ Chong, SK Chung, ... IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control 63 …, 2016 | 73 | 2016 |
| Real-time navigation for Mars missions using the Mars network EG Lightsey, AE Mogensen, PD Burkhart, TA Ely, C Duncan Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 45 (3), 519-533, 2008 | 72 | 2008 |
| Using the deep space atomic clock for navigation and science TA Ely, EA Burt, JD Prestage, JM Seubert, RL Tjoelker IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control 65 …, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Mars network constellation design drivers and strategies TA Ely, R Anderson, YE Bar-Sever, D Bell, J Guinn, M Jah, P Kallemeyn, ... Astrodynamics 1999, 17-31, 1999 | 58 | 1999 |
| Satellite constellation design for zonal coverage using genetic algorithms TA Ely, WA Crossley, EA Williams The journal of the Astronautical Sciences 47, 207-228, 1999 | 57 | 1999 |
| Dynamics of artificial satellite orbits with tesseral resonances including the effects of luni-solar perturbations TA Ely, KC Howell Dynamics and Stability of Systems 12 (4), 243-269, 1997 | 52 | 1997 |
| Mars network for enabling low-cost missions RC Hastrup, DJ Bell, RJ Cesarone, CD Edwards, TA Ely, JR Guinn, ... Acta Astronautica 52 (2-6), 227-235, 2003 | 50 | 2003 |
| Mars network: a Mars orbiting communications and navigation satellite constellation DJ Bell, R Cesarone, T Ely, C Edwards, S Townes 2000 IEEE Aerospace Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No. 00TH8484) 7, 75-88, 2000 | 46 | 2000 |
| VERITAS (Venus emissivity, radio science, InSAR, topography, and spectroscopy): a discovery mission S Smrekar, S Hensley, R Nybakken, MS Wallace, D Perkovic-Martin, ... 2022 IEEE aerospace conference (AERO), 1-20, 2022 | 45 | 2022 |
| Satellite constellation design for zonal coverage using genetic algorithms T Ely Spaceflight mechanics 1998, 443-460, 1998 | 40 | 1998 |
| Long-term evolution of artificial satellite orbits due to resonant tesseral harmonics TA Ely, KC Howell Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 44 (2), 167-190, 1996 | 38 | 1996 |
| Altair navigation during translunar cruise, lunar orbit, descent, and landing TA Ely, M Heyne, JE Riedel Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 49 (2), 295-317, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| Optical navigation plan and strategy for the lunar lander Altair; OpNav for lunar and other crewed and robotic exploration applications J Riedel, A Vaughan, R Werner, TC Wang, S Nolet, D Myers, ... AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 7719, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| Advancing navigation, timing, and science with the deep space atomic clock T Ely SpaceOps 2014 Conference, 1856, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| Strategies for telecommunications and navigation in support of Mars exploration CD Edwards, JT Adams, DJ Bell, R Cesarone, R DePaula, JF Durning, ... Acta Astronautica 48 (5-12), 661-668, 2001 | 30 | 2001 |
| Expected performance of the deep space atomic clock mission TA Ely, D Murphy, J Seubert, J Bell, D Kuang AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 25, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
