Professor Colin McInnes
- James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science (Systems Power & Energy)
telephone:
++44 (0)141 330 8511
email:
Colin.Mcinnes@glasgow.ac.uk
Systems, Power and Energy Group, James Watt Building (South), Room 531
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0988-8854Biography
Colin is James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Glasgow where he holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.
His long-term programme of research spans a range of emerging space technologies, spacecraft orbital dynamics and space resources. He aims to devise, develop and demonstrate new ideas and technologies which can underpin the space applications of the future. This work is delivered through his contributions to the Space and Exploration Technology Group and the Integrated Space and Exploration Technology Laboratory, part of the Space Glasgow Research Network.
Colin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Academy of Engineering and was made MBE in June 2014 for services to Space Research, Science and Technology. He has been a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder (2015-2020), a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council (2016-2020) and Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Space Technology Advisory Committee (2019-2021). He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Satellite Applications Catapult.
His current research activities on Emerging Space Technologies are supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2018-2028) and the SOLSPACE Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (2020-2025). He is keenly interested in the long-term impacts of Engineering Science, discussed during his 2015 inaugural lecture on Reclaiming the Human Future: Energy, Engineering and Ideas of Progress.
Publications
2025
Sulbhewar, L. N. and McInnes, C. R. (2025) Design of efficient lattice truss beams in bending and torsion for large-scale space structures. Structures, 75, 108727. (doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108727)
McInnes, C. R. (2025) Ringworlds and Dyson spheres can be stable. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), pp. 1249-1267. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/staf028)
Ahmed Qaid, K. , Celik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2025) Orbiting Solar Reflectors: A Pathway to Extended Space-based Solar Power Availability and Enhanced Grid Stability. In: IET Powering Net Zero 2024, Birmingham, UK, 3-6 December 2024, (doi: 10.1049/icp.2024.450)
Deans, M., Patterson, C., McInnes, C. R. and BAILET, G. (2025) NextSpace Testrig – Certification of In-Space Manufactured Materials & Processes for an Enhanced Space Segment. The Institution of Engineering and Technology: Manufacturing on the Moon - Young Professionals and Early Careers talks, Online, 20 January 2025.
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2025) Femtosatellite mission architectures and mission assurance strategies. Acta Astronautica, 226(1), pp. 398-413. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.10.019)
2024
Gordon, R. and McInnes, C. (2024) End-of-Life Considerations for Orbital Solar Reflectors. In: 35th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Kaua’i, Hawaii, USA, 19-23 Jan 2025, (Accepted for Publication)
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2024) An Investigation into a Combined Service of Space-based Solar Energy and Climate Engineering via Orbiting Solar Reflectors. 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024.
Teale, C., Colombo, P., Villejo, S. J. and McInnes, C. (2024) Gaussian process for modelling the space environment from sparse data collected by massively distributed femtosatellite networks. 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024.
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2024) Stochastic monitoring of the space environment with femtosatellite swarms. Acta Astronautica, 225, pp. 503-514. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.09.026)
Moore, I. , Sulbhewar, L., Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) The effects of pointing error sources on energy delivery from orbiting solar reflectors. Acta Astronautica, 222, p. 563. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.06.020)
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) A constellation design for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar energy. Acta Astronautica, 217, pp. 145-161. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.01.031)
Bailet, G. , Patterson, C., Deans, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2024) Qualification of additive manufacturing for space and in-space materials and processes - NextSpace Testrig. 2024 Worldwide Advanced Manufacturing Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 19-23 February 2024.
Deans, M., Patterson, C., McInnes, C.R. and Bailet, G. (2024) NextSpace Testrig Nylon PA12 Tensile Testing Campaign. 2024 Worldwide Advanced Manufacturing Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 19-23 February 2024.
Algethami, A. R., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2024) The capture of small near-Earth asteroids in a bound binary pair in Earth’s orbit. Acta Astronautica, 214, pp. 545-552. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.006)
Bailet, G. , Bhatti, S., Krishnamoorthy, S., Kalil, J., Davis, J., Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Bridging the gap between Aerobots and Landers for Venus. 21st International Planetary Probe Workshop 2024 (IPPW 2024), Williamsburg, VA, USA, 8-14 June 2024.
Moore, I. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Controllability of Orbiting Solar Reflectors Under Structural Failures. In: 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024,
Tomanek-Volynets, E. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Multi-target Space Mission Sequence Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning. In: 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024,
2023
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2023) A generic three-dimensional model for solar energy reflected from mirrors in circular orbits. Advances in Space Research, 72(11), pp. 5047-5069. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.09.046)
McInnes, C. R. (2023) Equilibria in an accelerated three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 135(6), 55. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-023-10166-z)
Robb, B., Russo, A., Soldini, S., Paoletti, P., Reveles, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) Integrated attitude and shape control for OrigamiSats with variable surface reflectivity. Acta Astronautica, 211, pp. 393-404. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.06.025)
Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) In-Space Additive Manufacturing for Planetary Exploration. 20th International Planetary Probe Workshop, Marseille, France, 28 August - 1 September 2023.
Viale, A. , Çelik, O. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. (2023) A reference architecture for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar power plant output. Advances in Space Research, 72(4), pp. 1304-1348. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.05.037)
Viale, A. and McInnes, C. (2023) Attitude control actuator scaling laws for orbiting solar reflectors. Advances in Space Research, 71(1), pp. 604-623. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.015)
Algethami, A., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2023) Guiding Asteroids to Form an Artificial Bound Binary Pair Using Continuous Control Acceleration. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023, ISBN 9781713885573
Celik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) A Constellation Design for Orbiting Solar Reflectors to Enhance Terrestrial Solar Energy. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023,
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2023) The Capture of Near-Earth Asteroids in Close Proximity Orbits with a Two-Spacecraft Strategy Using a Linear Approximation. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023, ISBN 9781713885573
Lin, Z., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Asteroid Hovering by Solar Sailing: Application to 433 Eros. In: 6th International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2023), New York, NY, USA, 5-9 June 2023,
Moore, I. , Celik, O. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023,
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) A Novel Femtosatellite Sensor Array for Deconvolving Time and Space Measurements of Transient Phenomenon in Earth Orbit. 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023.
2022
Oderinwale, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Economic Feasibility of Alternative Technological Concepts to Harness Renewable Energy from Space. In: 11th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation - Meeting net zero carbon (RPG 2022), London, UK, 22-23 Sept 2022, pp. 130-134. ISBN 9781839537899 (doi: 10.1049/icp.2022.1687)
Moore, I. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Station-keeping for a solar sail during lander/probe deployment using feedback control. Acta Astronautica, 201, pp. 182-197. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.09.005)
Robb, B., McRobb, M. , Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2022) 3d-printed, electrically conductive structures for magnetic attitude control. Acta Astronautica, 200, pp. 448-461. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.08.006)
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2022) A multiple-vehicle strategy for near-Earth asteroid capture. Acta Astronautica, 199, pp. 71-85. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.07.004)
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Experimental Testing of Range-based Relative Positioning Strategies for a Swarm of Centimetre-scale Femto-spacecraft. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Use of 3d Printed Technologies to Enable Aerocapture for Large Payloads at Mars. 19th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW 2022), Santa Clara, CA, USA, 29 Aug - 02 Sept 2022.
Robb, B., McRobb, M. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Distributed magnetic attitude control for large space structures. Acta Astronautica, 198, pp. 587-605. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.045)
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Range-based relative navigation for a swarm of centimetre-scale femto-spacecraft. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 45(9), pp. 1583-1597. (doi: 10.2514/1.G006261)
Oderinwale, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing solar energy generation and usage: orbiting solar reflectors as alternative to energy storage. Applied Energy, 317, 119154. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119154)
Çelik, O. , Viale, A. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing terrestrial solar power using orbiting solar reflectors. Acta Astronautica, 195, pp. 276-286. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.03.015)
Russo, A., Robb, B., Soldini, S., Paoletti, P., Bailet, G. , McInnes, C. R. , Reveles, J., Sugihara, A. K., Bonardi, S. and Mori, O. (2022) Mechanical design of self-reconfiguring 4D-printed OrigamiSat: a new concept for solar sailing. Frontiers in Space Technologies, 3, 876585. (doi: 10.3389/frspt.2022.876585)
Celik, O. and McInnes, C. (2022) Families of displaced non-keplerian polar orbits for space-based solar energy applications. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Viale, A. , Celik, O. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Towards the Commercial Development of Orbiting Reflectors: A Technology Demonstration Roadmap. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Celik, O. , Viale, A. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing Terrestrial Solar Power Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 129-143. ISBN 9781713843092
Hastie, P. G.B., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2022) On-Orbit Manufacturing of Large Space Structures Using Solid Foams. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 81-90. ISBN 9781713843085
Kuusvek, R., Bailet, G. , McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2022) A Novel Nanosatellite Heat Management System via Actively Switched Thermal Pathways. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 460-463. ISBN 9781713843047
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2022) An analytical model for solar energy reflected from space with selected applications. Advances in Space Research, 69(1), pp. 647-663. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.10.033)
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2022) Use of Powered Earth Fly-Bys to Enhance Mass Retrieval for a Two-Spacecraft Asteroid Capture Strategy. In: 2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, 07-11 Aug 2022, (Accepted for Publication)
2021
Timmons, T. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. (2021) Mars atmospheric characterization with a ChipSat swarm. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58(5), pp. 1453-1460. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34970)
Viale, A. , Bailet, G. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2021) Excavation of artificial caverns inside asteroids by leveraging rotational self-energy. Advances in Space Research, 67(12), pp. 4142-4157. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.02.021)
Ceriotti, M. , Viavattene, G. , Moore, I. , Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Grundmann, J. T. (2021) Sailing at the brink - The no-limits of near-/now-term-technology solar sails and SEP spacecraft in (multiple) NEO rendezvous. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 3012-3026. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.10.017)
Spietz, P. et al. (2021) Paths not taken – the GOSSAMER roadmap’s other options. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 2912-2956. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.044)
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Economic assessment of high-thrust and solar-sail propulsion for near-Earth asteroid mining. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 3045-3058. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.012)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. , Bailet, G. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Asteroid deflection by leveraging rotational self-energy. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58(3), pp. 813-829. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34889)
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Massively parallel in-situ sensing using femto-spacecraft clouds. 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021.
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization. Acta Astronautica, 184, pp. 23-34. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.03.010)
Ceriotti, M. , Seefeldt, P., Kesseler, L., Viavattene, G. , Moore, I. , Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. , Hillebrandt, M., Zander, M. E. and Grundmann, J. T. (2021) How we Beat 2019 PDC to NYC by 2 Years, Within 2 Years, 2 Years Ago. 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC 2021), 26-30 Apr 2021.
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2021) More Bucks for the Bang: New Space Solutions, Impact Tourism and One Unique Science & Engineering Opportunity at T-6 Months and Counting. 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC 2021), 26-30 Apr 2021.
Moore, I. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Asteroid Landing With a Solar Sail: Lander Deployment and Sail Descent to Surface. In: 31st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 01-04 Feb 2021, pp. 521-538. ISBN 9780877036791
Bailet, G. , Krishnamoorthy, S., Beeley, J., Timmons, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Bridging the gap between Aerobots and Landers for Venus. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Hastie, P., Bailet, G. , White, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) The Use of In-Space Manufactured Solid Foams for Aerocapture. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Johnson, L. et al. (2021) Solar Sail Propulsion by 2050: an Enabling Capability for Heliophysics Missions. In: Heliophysics 2050 Workshop, 3-7 May 2021,
Moore, I. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J., Timmons, T. , Ceriotti, M. , Stamat, L., Worrall, K. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Multi-probe In-situ Detection of GasEous Species (MIDGES): A Low Cost Mission to Detect PH3 in the Venusian Atmosphere. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Timmons, T. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Solar System Swarm Probes: An Earth-based Technology Demonstrator. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
2020
Viale, A. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Dynamics of an orbital siphon anchored to a rotating ellipsoidal asteroid for resource exploitation. Acta Astronautica, 177, pp. 561-576. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.08.001)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2020) Dynamics of a non-rigid orbital siphon at a near-Earth asteroid. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43(11), pp. 1998-2012. (doi: 10.2514/1.G004894)
Cao, J., Clemente, C., McInnes, C. R. and Soraghan, J. J. (2020) Solar radiation pressure enabled femtosatellite based Earth remote sensing. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 56(5), pp. 3450-3461. (doi: 10.1109/TAES.2020.2972242)
Hu, Z., Timmons, T. , Stamat, L. and McInnes, C. (2020) Development of a 10g femto-satellite with active attitude control. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 73(5), pp. 163-169.
Robb, B., McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Magnetic Attitude Control of Gossamer Spacecraft using a 3D-printed, Electrically Conducting Support Structure. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, USA, 6-10 Jan 2020, ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-0714)
Stamat, L., Hu, Z., McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Laboratory-Scale Test Platforms for Femto-Satellite Attitude Control Systems. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, 06-10 Jan 2020, AIAA 2020-0930. ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-0930)
Trovarelli, F., McRobb, M. , Hu, Z. and McInnes, C. (2020) Attitude Control of an Underactuated Planar Multibody System Using Momentum Preserving Internal Torques. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, 06-10 Jan 2020, AIAA 2020-1686. ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-1686)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2020) Dynamics of a Non-Rigid Orbital Siphon at a Near-Earth Asteroid. In: 2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, ME, USA, 11-15 Aug 2019, ISBN 9780877036654
2019
McRobb, M. , Robb, B., Ridley, S. and McInnes, C. (2019) Emerging space technologies: macro-scale on-orbit manufacturing. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 72(12), pp. 431-434.
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Influence of launcher cost and payload capacity on asteroid mining profitability. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 72(12), pp. 435-444.
Hu, Z., Timmons, T., Stamat, L. and McInnes, C. (2019) Development of a 10g Femto-satellite with Active Attitude Control. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
McRobb, M. , Robb, B., Ridley, S. and McInnes, C. (2019) Emerging Space Technologies: Macro-scale On-orbit Manufacturing. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Influence of Launcher Cost and Payload Capacity on Asteroid Mining Profitability. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Responsive integrated small spacecraft solar sail and payload design concepts and missions. In: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019), Aachen, Germany, 30 July - 2 Aug 2019,
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Economic Assessment of High-thrust and Solar-sail Propulsion for Near-Earth Asteroid Mining. In: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019), Aachen, Germany, 30 July - 2 Aug 2019,
McInnes, C. , McRobb, M. and Hu, Z. (2019) From miniature satellites to giant sun shields – the extreme technology transforming space engineering. Conversation, 26 Jun.
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Responsive Exploration and Asteroid Characterization through Integrated Solar Sail and Lander Development Using Small Spacecraft Technologies. IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Washington D.C., USA, 29 Apr - 03 May 2019.
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2019) A continuous latitudinal energy balance model to explore non-uniform climate engineering strategies. Climate Dynamics, 52(9-10), pp. 5739-5757. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4474-y)
Liu, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2019) Resonant space tethered system for lunar orbital energy harvesting. Acta Astronautica, 156, pp. 23-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.037)
Knox, G.W., McInnes, C.R. , Younger, P.L. and Sloan, W.T. (2019) Engineering artificial thermal mountains for large-scale water management and carbon drawdown. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 5(2), pp. 296-314. (doi: 10.1039/c8ew00571k)
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2019) Space-enhanced terrestrial solar power for equatorial regions. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 56(1), pp. 33-43. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34032)
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Flights Are Ten a Sail – Re-use and Commonality in the Design and System Engineering of Small Spacecraft Solar Sail Missions with Modular Hardware for Responsive and Adaptive Exploration. In: 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C., USA, 21-25 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781713814856
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Solar Sails for Planetary Defense and High-Energy Missions. In: 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 02-09 Mar 2019, ISBN 9781538668542 (doi: 10.1109/AERO.2019.8741900)
Liu, X., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Secular Orbital Element Variations Due to Continuous Low-thrust Control and Third-body Perturbations. In: 29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI, USA, 13-17 Jan 2019, pp. 1213-1234. ISBN 9780877036593
2018
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Analytical mechanics of asteroid disassembly using the Orbital Siphon effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2220), 20180594. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0594)
Salazar, F.J.T., Winter, O.C. and McInnes, C.R. (2018) Collecting solar power by formation flying systems around a geostationary point. Computational and Applied Mathematics, 37(Suppl1), pp. 84-95. (doi: 10.1007/s40314-017-0473-6)
Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Osculating Keplerian elements for highly non-Keplerian orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(11), pp. 2489-2498. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002867)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Capture of small near-Earth asteroids to Earth orbit using aerobraking. Acta Astronautica, 152, pp. 185-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.007)
Liu, X., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Strategies to engineer the capture of a member of a binary asteroid pair using the planar parabolic restricted three-body problem. Planetary and Space Science, 161, pp. 5-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.05.018)
Voigt, P. et al. (2018) TeSeR – Technology for Self-Removal – Status of a Horizon 2020 project to ensure the Post-Mission-Disposal of any future spacecraft. 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 Oct 2018. (Accepted for Publication)
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2018) Multiple input control strategies for robust and adaptive climate engineering in a low order 3-box model. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2217), 20180447. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0447) (PMID:30333711)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Disassembly of Near Earth Asteroids by Leveraging Rotational Self Energy. In: 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 Oct 2018, pp. 13608-13617. ISBN 9781510881655
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy near Earth asteroid capture using Earth flybys and aerobraking. Advances in Space Research, 61(8), pp. 2099-2115. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.01.027)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy near-Earth asteroid capture using momentum exchange strategies. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(3), pp. 632-643. (doi: 10.2514/1.g002957)
Liu, J. and McInnes, C. (2018) Modulated solar pressure-based surface shape control of paraboloid space reflectors with an off-axis Sun-line. Smart Materials and Structures, 27(3), 035012. (doi: 10.1088/1361-665X/aaac3a)
Arnot, C.S., McInnes, C.R. , McKay, R.J., Macdonald, M. and Biggs, J. (2018) Orbit period modulation for relative motion using continuous low thrust in the two-body and restricted three-body problems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 130, 12. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-017-9807-3)
Kawai, Y., Uchiyama, K. and McInnes, C. R. (2018) Design Principle of Non-Switching Integral Sliding Mode Controller and Applications to Aerospace Vehicles. In: 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, USA, 08-12 Jan 2018, ISBN 9781624105265 (doi: 10.2514/6.2018-0857)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy Capture of Asteroids for the Logistic Support of Future Mars Missions. In: 2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, UT, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018, pp. 3425-3442. ISBN 9780877036579
2017
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2017) Direct and indirect capture of near-Earth asteroids in the Earth-Moon system. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 129(1-2), pp. 57-88. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-017-9764-x)
Xu, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Closed-loop control of the orbit evolution of ‘smart dust’ swarms. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(7), pp. 1806-1814. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002386)
Xu, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Wavelike patterns in precessing elliptical rings for swarming systems. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(7), pp. 1651-1663. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002476)
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Using instability to reconfigure smart structures in a spring-mass model. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 91, pp. 81-92. (doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.11.029)
Salazar, F.J.T., McInnes, C.R. and Winter, O.C. (2017) Periodic orbits for space-based reflectors in the circular restricted three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 128(1), pp. 95-113. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-016-9739-3)
McInnes, C. (2017) Harvesting Near Earth Asteroid Resources Using Solar Sail Technology. In: Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2017), Kyoto, Japan, 17-20 Jan 2017,
Zhang, J., McInnes, C. R. and Xu, M. (2017) Reconfiguration of a smart surface using heteroclinic connections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2197), 20160614. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0614)
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Space-Enhanced Solar Power for Equatorial Regions. In: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 5-9 Feb 2017, pp. 3089-3107. ISBN 9780877036371
Heiligers, J., van den Oever, T. D., Ceriotti, M. , Mulligan, P. and McInnes, C. (2017) Continuous Planetary Polar Observation from Hybrid Pole-Sitters at Venus, Earth, and Mars. In: Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2017), Kyoto, Japan, 17-20 Jan 2017,
Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2017) Osculating Keplerian Elements for Highly Non-Keplerian Orbits. In: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 5-9 Feb 2017, pp. 2277-2296. ISBN 9780877036371
2016
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Reconfiguration of a four-bar mechanism using phase space connections. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 81, pp. 43-59. (doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.03.024)
McInnes, C. R. (2016) A continuum model for the orbit evolution of self-propelled 'smart dust' swarms. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 126(4), pp. 501-517. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-016-9707-y)
Walmsley, M., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2016) Optimal trajectories for planetary pole-sitter missions. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(10), pp. 2461-2468. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000465)
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Artificial Horseshoe Orbits Using Low Thrust Propulsion. 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Guadalajara, Mexico, 26-30 Sep 2016.
de Sousa-Silva, P. A., Terra, M. O., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2016) A Heuristic Strategy to Compute Ensemble of Trajectories for 3D Low Cost Earth-Moon Transfers. In: 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Guadalajara, Mexico, 26-30 Sep 2016,
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Potential Effects of a Realistic Solar Sail and Comparison to an Ideal Sail. In: 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, USA, 14-18 Feb 2016, pp. 3106-3120.
McInnes, C. R. (2016) Near Earth asteroid resource utilisation for large in-orbit reflectors. Space Policy, 37(2), pp. 62-64. (doi: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2016.07.001)
Salazar, F.J.T., McInnes, C.R. and Winter, O.C. (2016) Intervening in Earth's climate system through space-based solar reflectors. Advances in Space Research, 58(1), pp. 17-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.04.007)
Greenland, S., Clark, C., Macdonald, M., Brunskill, C. and McInnes, C. (2016) Lessons Captured? Application of UKube-1 Lessons Identified Into Nanobed Development Process. The 4S Symposium 2016, Valletta, Malta, 30 May - 03 Jun 2016.
Greenland, S., Mendham, P., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. and Clark, C. (2016) Implementation of a Product-centric Space System Approach to Nanosatellite Systems Design and Deployment. The 4S Symposium 2016, Valletta, Malta, 30 May - 03 Jun 2016.
McInnes, C. (2016) How to capture an asteroid – and why we should go to such trouble. Conversation, 1 Jun.
2015
Heiligers, J., Hiddink, S., Noomen, R. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Solar sail Lyapunov and Halo orbits in the earth–moon three-body problem. Acta Astronautica, 116, pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.05.034)
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Reconfiguring smart structures using approximate heteroclinic connections. Smart Materials and Structures, 24, 105034. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105034)
Sánchez, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Optimal sunshade configurations for space-based geoengineering near the Sun-Earth L1 point. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0136648. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136648) (PMID:26309047) (PMCID:PMC4550401)
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Solar sail heliocentric Earth-following orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(5), pp. 937-944. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000579)
García Yárnoz, D., Scheeres, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) On the a and g families of orbits in the Hill problem with solar radiation pressure and their application to asteroid orbiters. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 121(4), pp. 365-384. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-015-9604-9)
Mushet, G., Mingotti, G., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2015) Self-organising satellite constellation in geostationary Earth orbit. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 51(2), pp. 910-923. (doi: 10.1109/TAES.2014.130690)
Heiligers, J., Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Optimal solar sail transfers between Halo orbits of different Sun-planet systems. Advances in Space Research, 55(5), pp. 1405-1421. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.11.033)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Bewick, C., Visagie, L., Lappas, V. and Erb, S. (2015) Concept-of-operations disposal analysis of spacecraft by gossamer structure. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 52(2), pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32919)
García Yárnoz, D., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Alternating orbiter strategy for asteroid exploration. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(2), pp. 280-291. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000562)
Verrier, P. E. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low-energy capture of asteroids onto Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser tori. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(2), pp. 330-335. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000797)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2015) Attitude dynamics of the classical dumbbell problem with solar radiation pressure. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(1), pp. 168-173. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000392)
Eastwood, J. P., Kataria, D. O., McInnes, C. R. , Barnes, N. C. and Mulligan, P. (2015) Sunjammer. Weather, 70(1), pp. 27-30. (doi: 10.1002/wea.2438)
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low Thrust Augmented Spacecraft Formation-Flying. In: 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics: ISSFD 2015, Munich, Germany, 19-23 Oct 2015,
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low Thrust Augmented Spacecraft Formation-Flying for On-Orbit Inspection. In: IAC 2015: 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 12-16 Oct 2015,
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Shape control of slack space reflectors using modulated solar pressure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2179), 20150119. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0119)
Cao, J., Clemente, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) A Novel Concept for Earth Remote Sensing Using a Bistatic Femto-Satellite Swarm in Sun Synchronous Orbit. In: IAC 2015: 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 12-16 Oct 2015,
McInnes, C. (2015) Reclaim the inventive spirit of James Watt for an energy-rich, lower-carbon world. Conversation, 22 May.
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Reconfiguring Smart Structures Using Approximate Heteroclinic Connections in a Spring-Mass Model. In: ASME 2015 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 21-23 Sept 2015,
2014
McInnes, C. R. (2014) Approximate closed-form solution for solar sail spiral trajectories with sail degradation. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(6), pp. 2053-2057. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000225)
Mingotti, G., Sánchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Combined low-thrust propulsion and invariant manifold trajectories to capture NEOs in the Sun–Earth circular restricted three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 120(3), pp. 309-336. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-014-9589-9)
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) New families of Sun-centered non-Keplerian orbits over cylinders and spheres. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 120(2), pp. 163-194. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-014-9570-7)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Design of ballistic three-body trajectories for continuous polar earth observation in the earth-moon system. Acta Astronautica, 102, pp. 178-189. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.06.001)
Verrier, P.E. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Periodic orbits for three and four co-orbital bodies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), pp. 3179-3191. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1056)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Inverse problem for shape control of flexible space reflectors using distributed solar pressure. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(7), 075026. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/7/075026)
García Yárnoz, D., Sánchez Cuartielles, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Passive sorting of asteroid material using solar radiation pressure. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(4), pp. 1223-1235. (doi: 10.2514/1.62412)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Feedback stabilization of displaced periodic orbits: application to binary asteroids. Acta Astronautica, 96, pp. 106-115. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.11.026)
Macdonald, M. et al. (2014) Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a solar polar mission. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis books in astronautical engineering. Springer, pp. 243-257. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_17)
McInnes, C. R. et al. (2014) Gossamer Roadmap Technology reference study for a Sub-L1 space weather mission. In: Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis books in astronautical engineering. Springer, pp. 227-242. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_16)
Ceriotti, M. , Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 51(1), pp. 311-326. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32477)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2014) Mission analysis and systems design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission. Acta Astronautica, 94(1), pp. 455-469. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.12.015)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Optical control of solar sails using distributed reflectivity. In: AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2014), Maryland, MD, USA, 13-17 Jan 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-0833)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Attitude Control of Large Gossamer Spacecraft Using Surface Reflectivity Modulation. In: 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, ON, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Distributed reflectivity solar sails for extended mission applications. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis Books: Astronautical Engineering. Springer in association with Praxis Publishing, pp. 331-350. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_22)
Ceriotti, M. , Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Design and trade-offs of a pole-sitter mission. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis Books: Astronautical Engineering. Springer in association with Praxis Publishing, pp. 289-308. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_20)
Colombo, C., Mingotti, G., Bernelli-Zazzera, F. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Multiple spacecraft transfers to Sun-Earth distant retrograde orbits for Asteroid detection missions. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2014,
Garcia Yarnoz, D., Scheeres, D. J. and McInnes, C. (2014) On the a and g families of symmetric periodic orbits in the photogravitational hill problem and their application to asteroids. In: 2014 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4119)
Heiligers, J., Diedrich, B., Derbes, W. and McInnes, C. (2014) Sunjammer: preliminary end-to-end mission design. In: 2014 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4127)
Heiligers, J., Hiddink, S., Noomen, R. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Multiple spacecraft transfers to Sun-Earth distant retrograde orbits for Asteroid detection missions. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) Novel solar sail mission concepts for Space weather forecasting. In: 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Fe NM, USA, 26-30 Jan 2014,
Heiligers, J., Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Optimisation of solar sail interplanetary heteroclinic connections. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Mingotti, G., Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) Optimal Solar Sail Interplanetary Heteroclinic Transfers for Novel Space Applications. In: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, ISBN 9781624103087 (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4223)
Mingotti, G., Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) First-guess generation of solar sail interplanetary heteroclinic connections. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Relative dynamics and control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft flying around an oblate Earth exploiting solar radiation pressure. In: 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Fe NM, USA, 26-30 Jan 2014,
Mushet, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Self-organising low Earth orbit constellations for Earth observation. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Qiao, D. and McInnes, C. (2014) Trajectory options for low-cost missions to easily retrievable objects. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Yarnoz, D. G. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Coupled orbit-attitude dynamics of an asteroid during swing-bys. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
2013
McInnes, C. R. and Colombo, C. (2013) Wave-like patterns in an elliptical satellite ring. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(6), pp. 1767-1771. (doi: 10.2514/1.55956)
Stolbunov, V., Ceriotti, M. , Colombo, C. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Optimal law for inclination change in an atmosphere through solar sailing. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(5), pp. 1310-1323. (doi: 10.2514/1.59931)
García Yárnoz, D., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Easily retrievable objects among the NEO population. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 116(4), pp. 367-388. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-013-9495-6)
White, C. , Colombo, C., Scanlon, T. J., McInnes, C. R. and Reese, J. M. (2013) Rarefied gas effects on the aerodynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft in orbit. Advances in Space Research, 51(11), pp. 2112-2124. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.01.002)
Bewick, R., Lücking, C., Colombo, C., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Heliotropic dust rings for Earth climate engineering. Advances in Space Research, 51(7), pp. 1132-1144. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.10.024)
Colombo, C., Lücking, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Orbit evolution, maintenance and disposal of SpaceChip swarms through electro-chromic control. Acta Astronautica, 82(1), pp. 25-37. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.05.035)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Solar radiation pressure-augmented deorbiting: passive end-of-life disposal from high-altitude orbits. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 50(6), pp. 1256-1267. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32478)
Yárnoz, D. G., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Opportunities for asteroid retrieval missions. In: Badescu, Viorel (ed.) Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer, pp. 479-505. ISBN 9783642392436 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3_21)
2012
Bennet, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Pattern transition in spacecraft formation flying using bifurcating potential fields. Aerospace Science and Technology, 23(1), pp. 250-262. (doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2011.07.013)
Colombo, C., Lücking, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft with J2 and solar radiation pressure for novel Earth observation and communication services. Acta Astronautica, 81(1), pp. 137-150. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.07.009)
Johnson, L., Young, R., Barnes, N., Friedman, L., Lappas, V. and McInnes, C. (2012) Solar sails: technology and demonstration status. International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 13(4), pp. 421-427. (doi: 10.5139/IJASS.2012.13.4.421)
Bewick, R., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Gravitationally bound geoengineering dust shade at the inner Lagrange point. Advances in Space Research, 50(10), pp. 1405-1410. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.07.008)
Ceriotti, M. , Diedrich, B.L. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Novel mission concepts for polar coverage: an overview of recent developments and possible future applications. Acta Astronautica, 80, pp. 89-104. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.043)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2012) Natural and sail-displaced doubly-symmetric Lagrange point orbits for polar coverage. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 114(1-2), pp. 151-180. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-012-9422-2)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) A passive satellite deorbiting strategy for medium earth orbit using solar radiation pressure and the J2 effect. Acta Astronautica, 77, pp. 197-206. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.026)
Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2012) Orbit design for future SpaceChip swarm missions in a planetary atmosphere. Acta Astronautica, 75, pp. 25-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.01.004)
Bewick, R., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) The feasibility of using an L1 positioned dust cloud as a method of space-based geoengineering. Advances in Space Research, 49(7), pp. 1212-1228. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.01.010)
Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Assessment on the feasibility of future shepherding of asteroid resources. Acta Astronautica, 73, pp. 49-66. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.12.010)
Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Synergistic approach of asteroid exploitation and planetary protection. Advances in Space Research, 49(4), pp. 667-685. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.11.014)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2012) Design of optimal earth pole-sitter transfers using low-thrust propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 79, pp. 253-268. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.025)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2012) Mission analysis and system design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission. In: 1st IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, Porto, Portugal, 19-21 March 2012,
Heiligers, J., McInnes, C.R. , Biggs, J.D. and Ceriotti, M. (2012) Displaced geostationary orbits using hybrid low-thrust propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 71, pp. 51-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.08.012)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Electrochromic orbit control for smart-dust devices. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(5), pp. 1548-1558. (doi: 10.2514/1.55488)
2011
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Systems design of a hybrid sail pole-sitter. Advances in Space Research, 48(11), pp. 1754-1762. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.02.010)
Macdonald, M. and McInnes, C. (2011) Solar sail science mission applications and advancement. Advances in Space Research, 48(11), pp. 1702-1716. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.03.018)
Bennet, D. J., McInnes, C.R. , Suzuki, M. and Uchiyama, K. (2011) Autonomous three-dimensional formation flight for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1899-1908. (doi: 10.2514/1.53931)
Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2011) Orbital dynamics of "smart-dust" devices with solar radiation pressure and drag. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1613-1631. (doi: 10.2514/1.52140)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2011) Displaced geostationary orbit design using hybrid sail propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1852-1866. (doi: 10.2514/1.53807)
Li, M., Jing, W., Macdonald, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2011) Adaptive backstepping control for optimal descent with embedded autonomy. Aerospace Science and Technology, 15(7), pp. 589-594. (doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2010.12.002)
Macdonald, M., McKay, R. J., Vasile, M., De Frescheville, F. B., Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. (2011) Low-thrust-enabled highly-non-Keplerian orbits in support of future Mars exploration. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(5), pp. 1396-1411. (doi: 10.2514/1.52602)
McInnes, C. R. (2011) Displaced non-Keplerian orbits using impulsive thrust. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 110(3), pp. 199-215. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-011-9351-5)
McKay, R., Macdonald, M., Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. (2011) Survey of highly non-Keplerian orbits with low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(3), pp. 645-666. (doi: 10.2514/1.52133)
Sanchez, J. P. and McInnes, C. (2011) Asteroid resource map for near-Earth space. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 48(1), pp. 153-165. (doi: 10.2514/1.49851)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Generation of optimal trajectories for Earth hybrid pole sitters. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(3), pp. 847-859. (doi: 10.2514/1.50935)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Hybrid solar sail and solar electric propulsion for novel Earth observation missions. Acta Astronautica, 69(9-10), pp. 809-821. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.06.007)
McInnes, C.R. , Ceriotti, M. , Colombo, C., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.P., Bewick, R., Heiligers, J. and Lucking, C. (2011) Micro-to-macro: astrodynamics at extremes of lengths-scale. Acta Futura, 4, pp. 81-97. (doi: 10.2420/AF04.2011.81)
2010
Li, M.D., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C.R. and Jing, W.X. (2010) Analytical landing trajectories for embedded autonomy. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224(11), pp. 1177-1191.
Brown, B., McInnes, C. and Allouis, E. (2010) Dynamic intelligent autonomous control of an asteroid lander. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224(8), pp. 865-879. (doi: 10.1243/09544100JAERO724)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Light-levitated geostationary cylindrical orbits are feasible. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(3), pp. 782-793. (doi: 10.2514/1.46681)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Passive orbit control for space-based geo-engineering. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(3), pp. 1017-1020. (doi: 10.2514/1.46054)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. and Hughes, G. (2010) Technology requirements of exploration beyond Neptune by solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 47(3), pp. 472-483. (doi: 10.2514/1.46657)
Bennet, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Distributed control of multi-robot systems using bifurcating potential fields. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 58(3), pp. 256-264. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2009.08.004)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Designing displaced lunar orbits using low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(1), pp. 259-265. (doi: 10.2514/1.45305)
2009
Badawy, A. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Small spacecraft formation using potential functions. Acta Astronautica, 65(11-12), pp. 1783-1788. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.05.002)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Solar sail orbits at the Earth–Moon libration points. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 14(12), pp. 4191-4196. (doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.03.032)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Time-delayed feedback control in astrodynamics. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(6), pp. 1804-1811. (doi: 10.2514/1.43672)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Asymptotic analysis of displaced lunar orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(5), pp. 1666-1671. (doi: 10.2514/1.43703)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Artificial halo orbits for low-thrust propulsion spacecraft. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 104(4), pp. 321-335. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-009-9215-4)
Bennet, D.J. and McInnes, C.R. (2009) Verifiable control of a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 223(7), pp. 939-953. (doi: 10.1243/09544100JAERO508)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Solar sail formation flying for deep-space remote sensing. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 46(3), pp. 670-678. (doi: 10.2514/1.42404)
McInnes, C.R. (2009) Space-based geoengineering: challenges and requirements. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 224(3), pp. 571-580. (doi: 10.1243/09544062JMES1439)
Biggs, J. D., McInnes, C. R. and Waters, T. (2009) Control of solar sail periodic orbits in the elliptic three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(1), pp. 318-320. (doi: 10.2514/1.38362)
Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) An optimal gains matrix for time-delay feedback control. In: 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, 22-24 Jun 2009, pp. 339-342. (doi: 10.3182/20090622-3-UK-3004.00063)
McInnes, C. R. (2009) Mars climate engineering using orbiting solar reflectors. In: Badescu, Viorel (ed.) Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer Verlag, pp. 645-659. ISBN 9783642036286 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03629-3_25)
2008
Mabrouk, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2008) Solving the potential field local minimum problem using internal agent states. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 56(12), pp. 1050-1060. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.09.006)
McInnes, C.R. , Gorman, D.G. and Cartmell, M.P. (2008) Enhanced vibrational energy harvesting using non-linear stochastic resonance. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 318(4-5), pp. 655-662. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.07.017)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Artificial three-body equilibria for hybrid low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(6), pp. 1644-1655. (doi: 10.2514/1.36125)
Dadzie, S. K., Reese, J. M. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) A continuum model of gas flows with localized density variations. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 387(24), pp. 6079-6094. (doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.07.009)
Mabrouk, M. and McInnes, C. (2008) Nonlinear stability of vortex formation in swarms of interacting particles. Physical Review E, 78(1), 012903. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.012903)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Solar sail dynamics in the three-body problem: homoclinic paths of points and orbits. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 43(6), pp. 490-496. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2008.01.001)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Invariant manifolds and orbit control in the solar sail three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(3), pp. 554-562. (doi: 10.2514/1.32292)
McInnes, C.R. and Waters, T.J. (2008) Reconfiguring smart structures using phase space connections. Smart Materials and Structures, 17(2), 025030. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/2/025030)
Badawy, A. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) On-orbit assembly using superquadric potential fields. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(1), pp. 30-43. (doi: 10.2514/1.28865)
Bookless, J. and McInnes, C. (2008) Control of Lagrange point orbits using solar sail propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 62(2-3), pp. 159-176. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.12.051)
2007
Dachwald, B., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Mengali, G. and Quarta, A. A. (2007) Impact of optical degradation on solar sail mission performance. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 740-749. (doi: 10.2514/1.21432)
Lappas, V., Wie, B., McInnes, C. , Tarabini, L., Gomes, L. and Wallace, K. (2007) Microsolar sails for Earth magnetotail monitoring. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 840-848. (doi: 10.2514/1.23456)
Macdonald, M., Hughes, G., McInnes, C. , Lyngvi, A., Falkner, P. and Atzei, A. (2007) GeoSail: an elegant solar sail demonstration mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 784-796. (doi: 10.2514/1.22867)
McInnes, C. R. (2007) Near earth object orbit modification using gravitational coupling. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(3), pp. 870-873. (doi: 10.2514/1.25864)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2007) Periodic orbits above the ecliptic in the solar-sail restricted three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(3), pp. 687-693. (doi: 10.2514/1.26232)
McInnes, C. R. (2007) Vortex formation in swarms of interacting particles. Physical Review E, 75(032904), (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.032904)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C.R. and Dachwald, B. (2007) Heliocentric solar sail orbit transfers with locally optimal control laws. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44, pp. 273-276. (doi: 10.2514/1.17297)
2006
Hughes, G. W., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Atzei, A. and Falkner, P. (2006) Terrestrial planet sample return missions using solar sail propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 59(8-11), pp. 797-806. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.019)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Alexander, D. and Sandman, A. (2006) GeoSail: exploring the magnetosphere using a low-cost solar sail. Acta Astronautica, 59(8-11), pp. 757-767. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.023)
Macdonald, M., Hughes, G. W., McInnes, C. R. , Lyngvi, A., Falkner, P. and Atzei, A. (2006) Solar Polar Orbiter: A solar sail technology reference study. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 43(5), pp. 960-972. (doi: 10.2514/1.16408)
Hughes, G. W., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. R. , Atzei, A. and Falkner, P. (2006) Sample return from Mercury and other terrestrial planets using solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 43(4), pp. 828-835. (doi: 10.2514/1.15889)
Baoyin, H. and McInnes, C. (2006) Solar sail halo orbits at the Sun–Earth artificial L1 point. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 94(2), pp. 155-171. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-005-4626-3)
McInnes, C. R. (2006) Planetary macro-engineering using orbiting solar reflectors. In: Badescu, Viorel, Cathcart, Richard B. and Schuiling, Roelof D. (eds.) Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future. Series: Water Science and Technology Library (54). Springer Netherlands, pp. 215-250. ISBN 9781402037399 (doi: 10.1007/1-4020-4604-9_11)
2004
McInnes, C. R. (2004) Deflection of near-Earth asteroids by kinetic energy impacts from retrograde orbits. Planetary and Space Science, 52(7), pp. 587-590. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.12.010)
Hughes, G.W. and McInnes, C.R. (2004) Small-body encounters using solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 41, pp. 140-150.
McInnes, C.r. (2004) Delivering fast and capable missions to the outer solar system. Advances in Space Research, 34(1), pp. 184-191. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.063)
2003
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Solar sailing: mission applications and engineering challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 361(1813), pp. 2989-3008. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1280)
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Solar sailing: orbital mechanics and mission applications. Advances in Space Research, 31(8), pp. 1971-1980. (doi: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00172-8)
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Gravity turn descent from circular orbit conditions. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 26(1), pp. 183-185. (doi: 10.2514/2.5033)
McInnes, C. , Hughes, G. and MacDonald, M. (2003) Low cost Mercury orbiter and Mercury sample return missions Using solar sail propulsion. Aeronautical Journal, 107(1074), pp. 469-478.
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Non-linear dynamics of ring world systems. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 56(9/10), pp. 308-313.
Radice, G. and McInnes, C. (2003) Autonomous behavioural algorithm for space applications. Aeronautical Journal, 107(1074), pp. 521-527.
2002
McInnes, C. R. (2002) Astronomical engineering revisited: planetary orbit modification using solar radiation pressure. Astrophysics and Space Science, 282(4), pp. 765-772. (doi: 10.1023/A:1021178603836)
Jing, W.-X. and McInnes, C. R. (2002) Memorised quasi-time–fuel-optimal feedback control of perturbed double integrator. Automatica, 38(8), pp. 1389-1396. (doi: 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00037-7)
2001
McInnes, C. R. (2001) Advances in space systems engineering at the University of Glasgow. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 73(4), pp. 360-366. (doi: 10.1108/00022660110399399)
Roger, A., Welsh, T. and McInnes, C. (2001) Tuneable autonomy and human interfaces for free-flying servicing vehicles. In: 2001 Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 11-14 Feb 2001, pp. 103-108. (doi: 10.1063/1.1357912)
2000
McInnes, C. (2000) Near-term, low cost missions for solar sails. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 53(1/2), pp. 48-61.
Articles
Sulbhewar, L. N. and McInnes, C. R. (2025) Design of efficient lattice truss beams in bending and torsion for large-scale space structures. Structures, 75, 108727. (doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108727)
McInnes, C. R. (2025) Ringworlds and Dyson spheres can be stable. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), pp. 1249-1267. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/staf028)
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2025) Femtosatellite mission architectures and mission assurance strategies. Acta Astronautica, 226(1), pp. 398-413. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.10.019)
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2024) Stochastic monitoring of the space environment with femtosatellite swarms. Acta Astronautica, 225, pp. 503-514. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.09.026)
Moore, I. , Sulbhewar, L., Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) The effects of pointing error sources on energy delivery from orbiting solar reflectors. Acta Astronautica, 222, p. 563. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.06.020)
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) A constellation design for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar energy. Acta Astronautica, 217, pp. 145-161. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.01.031)
Algethami, A. R., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2024) The capture of small near-Earth asteroids in a bound binary pair in Earth’s orbit. Acta Astronautica, 214, pp. 545-552. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.006)
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2023) A generic three-dimensional model for solar energy reflected from mirrors in circular orbits. Advances in Space Research, 72(11), pp. 5047-5069. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.09.046)
McInnes, C. R. (2023) Equilibria in an accelerated three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 135(6), 55. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-023-10166-z)
Robb, B., Russo, A., Soldini, S., Paoletti, P., Reveles, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) Integrated attitude and shape control for OrigamiSats with variable surface reflectivity. Acta Astronautica, 211, pp. 393-404. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.06.025)
Viale, A. , Çelik, O. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. (2023) A reference architecture for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar power plant output. Advances in Space Research, 72(4), pp. 1304-1348. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.05.037)
Viale, A. and McInnes, C. (2023) Attitude control actuator scaling laws for orbiting solar reflectors. Advances in Space Research, 71(1), pp. 604-623. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.015)
Moore, I. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Station-keeping for a solar sail during lander/probe deployment using feedback control. Acta Astronautica, 201, pp. 182-197. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.09.005)
Robb, B., McRobb, M. , Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2022) 3d-printed, electrically conductive structures for magnetic attitude control. Acta Astronautica, 200, pp. 448-461. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.08.006)
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2022) A multiple-vehicle strategy for near-Earth asteroid capture. Acta Astronautica, 199, pp. 71-85. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.07.004)
Robb, B., McRobb, M. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Distributed magnetic attitude control for large space structures. Acta Astronautica, 198, pp. 587-605. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.045)
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Range-based relative navigation for a swarm of centimetre-scale femto-spacecraft. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 45(9), pp. 1583-1597. (doi: 10.2514/1.G006261)
Oderinwale, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing solar energy generation and usage: orbiting solar reflectors as alternative to energy storage. Applied Energy, 317, 119154. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119154)
Çelik, O. , Viale, A. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing terrestrial solar power using orbiting solar reflectors. Acta Astronautica, 195, pp. 276-286. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.03.015)
Russo, A., Robb, B., Soldini, S., Paoletti, P., Bailet, G. , McInnes, C. R. , Reveles, J., Sugihara, A. K., Bonardi, S. and Mori, O. (2022) Mechanical design of self-reconfiguring 4D-printed OrigamiSat: a new concept for solar sailing. Frontiers in Space Technologies, 3, 876585. (doi: 10.3389/frspt.2022.876585)
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2022) An analytical model for solar energy reflected from space with selected applications. Advances in Space Research, 69(1), pp. 647-663. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.10.033)
Timmons, T. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. (2021) Mars atmospheric characterization with a ChipSat swarm. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58(5), pp. 1453-1460. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34970)
Viale, A. , Bailet, G. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2021) Excavation of artificial caverns inside asteroids by leveraging rotational self-energy. Advances in Space Research, 67(12), pp. 4142-4157. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.02.021)
Ceriotti, M. , Viavattene, G. , Moore, I. , Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Grundmann, J. T. (2021) Sailing at the brink - The no-limits of near-/now-term-technology solar sails and SEP spacecraft in (multiple) NEO rendezvous. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 3012-3026. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.10.017)
Spietz, P. et al. (2021) Paths not taken – the GOSSAMER roadmap’s other options. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 2912-2956. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.044)
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Economic assessment of high-thrust and solar-sail propulsion for near-Earth asteroid mining. Advances in Space Research, 67(9), pp. 3045-3058. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.012)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. , Bailet, G. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Asteroid deflection by leveraging rotational self-energy. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58(3), pp. 813-829. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34889)
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization. Acta Astronautica, 184, pp. 23-34. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.03.010)
Viale, A. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Dynamics of an orbital siphon anchored to a rotating ellipsoidal asteroid for resource exploitation. Acta Astronautica, 177, pp. 561-576. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.08.001)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2020) Dynamics of a non-rigid orbital siphon at a near-Earth asteroid. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43(11), pp. 1998-2012. (doi: 10.2514/1.G004894)
Cao, J., Clemente, C., McInnes, C. R. and Soraghan, J. J. (2020) Solar radiation pressure enabled femtosatellite based Earth remote sensing. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 56(5), pp. 3450-3461. (doi: 10.1109/TAES.2020.2972242)
Hu, Z., Timmons, T. , Stamat, L. and McInnes, C. (2020) Development of a 10g femto-satellite with active attitude control. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 73(5), pp. 163-169.
McRobb, M. , Robb, B., Ridley, S. and McInnes, C. (2019) Emerging space technologies: macro-scale on-orbit manufacturing. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 72(12), pp. 431-434.
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Influence of launcher cost and payload capacity on asteroid mining profitability. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 72(12), pp. 435-444.
McInnes, C. , McRobb, M. and Hu, Z. (2019) From miniature satellites to giant sun shields – the extreme technology transforming space engineering. Conversation, 26 Jun.
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2019) A continuous latitudinal energy balance model to explore non-uniform climate engineering strategies. Climate Dynamics, 52(9-10), pp. 5739-5757. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4474-y)
Liu, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2019) Resonant space tethered system for lunar orbital energy harvesting. Acta Astronautica, 156, pp. 23-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.037)
Knox, G.W., McInnes, C.R. , Younger, P.L. and Sloan, W.T. (2019) Engineering artificial thermal mountains for large-scale water management and carbon drawdown. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 5(2), pp. 296-314. (doi: 10.1039/c8ew00571k)
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2019) Space-enhanced terrestrial solar power for equatorial regions. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 56(1), pp. 33-43. (doi: 10.2514/1.A34032)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Analytical mechanics of asteroid disassembly using the Orbital Siphon effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2220), 20180594. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0594)
Salazar, F.J.T., Winter, O.C. and McInnes, C.R. (2018) Collecting solar power by formation flying systems around a geostationary point. Computational and Applied Mathematics, 37(Suppl1), pp. 84-95. (doi: 10.1007/s40314-017-0473-6)
Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Osculating Keplerian elements for highly non-Keplerian orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(11), pp. 2489-2498. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002867)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Capture of small near-Earth asteroids to Earth orbit using aerobraking. Acta Astronautica, 152, pp. 185-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.007)
Liu, X., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Strategies to engineer the capture of a member of a binary asteroid pair using the planar parabolic restricted three-body problem. Planetary and Space Science, 161, pp. 5-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.05.018)
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. (2018) Multiple input control strategies for robust and adaptive climate engineering in a low order 3-box model. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2217), 20180447. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0447) (PMID:30333711)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy near Earth asteroid capture using Earth flybys and aerobraking. Advances in Space Research, 61(8), pp. 2099-2115. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.01.027)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy near-Earth asteroid capture using momentum exchange strategies. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(3), pp. 632-643. (doi: 10.2514/1.g002957)
Liu, J. and McInnes, C. (2018) Modulated solar pressure-based surface shape control of paraboloid space reflectors with an off-axis Sun-line. Smart Materials and Structures, 27(3), 035012. (doi: 10.1088/1361-665X/aaac3a)
Arnot, C.S., McInnes, C.R. , McKay, R.J., Macdonald, M. and Biggs, J. (2018) Orbit period modulation for relative motion using continuous low thrust in the two-body and restricted three-body problems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 130, 12. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-017-9807-3)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2017) Direct and indirect capture of near-Earth asteroids in the Earth-Moon system. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 129(1-2), pp. 57-88. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-017-9764-x)
Xu, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Closed-loop control of the orbit evolution of ‘smart dust’ swarms. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(7), pp. 1806-1814. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002386)
Xu, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Wavelike patterns in precessing elliptical rings for swarming systems. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(7), pp. 1651-1663. (doi: 10.2514/1.G002476)
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Using instability to reconfigure smart structures in a spring-mass model. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 91, pp. 81-92. (doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.11.029)
Salazar, F.J.T., McInnes, C.R. and Winter, O.C. (2017) Periodic orbits for space-based reflectors in the circular restricted three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 128(1), pp. 95-113. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-016-9739-3)
Zhang, J., McInnes, C. R. and Xu, M. (2017) Reconfiguration of a smart surface using heteroclinic connections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2197), 20160614. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0614)
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Reconfiguration of a four-bar mechanism using phase space connections. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 81, pp. 43-59. (doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.03.024)
McInnes, C. R. (2016) A continuum model for the orbit evolution of self-propelled 'smart dust' swarms. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 126(4), pp. 501-517. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-016-9707-y)
Walmsley, M., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2016) Optimal trajectories for planetary pole-sitter missions. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(10), pp. 2461-2468. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000465)
McInnes, C. R. (2016) Near Earth asteroid resource utilisation for large in-orbit reflectors. Space Policy, 37(2), pp. 62-64. (doi: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2016.07.001)
Salazar, F.J.T., McInnes, C.R. and Winter, O.C. (2016) Intervening in Earth's climate system through space-based solar reflectors. Advances in Space Research, 58(1), pp. 17-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.04.007)
McInnes, C. (2016) How to capture an asteroid – and why we should go to such trouble. Conversation, 1 Jun.
Heiligers, J., Hiddink, S., Noomen, R. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Solar sail Lyapunov and Halo orbits in the earth–moon three-body problem. Acta Astronautica, 116, pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.05.034)
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Reconfiguring smart structures using approximate heteroclinic connections. Smart Materials and Structures, 24, 105034. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105034)
Sánchez, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Optimal sunshade configurations for space-based geoengineering near the Sun-Earth L1 point. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0136648. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136648) (PMID:26309047) (PMCID:PMC4550401)
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Solar sail heliocentric Earth-following orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(5), pp. 937-944. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000579)
García Yárnoz, D., Scheeres, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) On the a and g families of orbits in the Hill problem with solar radiation pressure and their application to asteroid orbiters. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 121(4), pp. 365-384. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-015-9604-9)
Mushet, G., Mingotti, G., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2015) Self-organising satellite constellation in geostationary Earth orbit. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 51(2), pp. 910-923. (doi: 10.1109/TAES.2014.130690)
Heiligers, J., Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Optimal solar sail transfers between Halo orbits of different Sun-planet systems. Advances in Space Research, 55(5), pp. 1405-1421. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.11.033)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Bewick, C., Visagie, L., Lappas, V. and Erb, S. (2015) Concept-of-operations disposal analysis of spacecraft by gossamer structure. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 52(2), pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32919)
García Yárnoz, D., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Alternating orbiter strategy for asteroid exploration. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(2), pp. 280-291. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000562)
Verrier, P. E. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low-energy capture of asteroids onto Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser tori. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(2), pp. 330-335. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000797)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2015) Attitude dynamics of the classical dumbbell problem with solar radiation pressure. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(1), pp. 168-173. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000392)
Eastwood, J. P., Kataria, D. O., McInnes, C. R. , Barnes, N. C. and Mulligan, P. (2015) Sunjammer. Weather, 70(1), pp. 27-30. (doi: 10.1002/wea.2438)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Shape control of slack space reflectors using modulated solar pressure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2179), 20150119. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0119)
McInnes, C. (2015) Reclaim the inventive spirit of James Watt for an energy-rich, lower-carbon world. Conversation, 22 May.
McInnes, C. R. (2014) Approximate closed-form solution for solar sail spiral trajectories with sail degradation. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(6), pp. 2053-2057. (doi: 10.2514/1.G000225)
Mingotti, G., Sánchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Combined low-thrust propulsion and invariant manifold trajectories to capture NEOs in the Sun–Earth circular restricted three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 120(3), pp. 309-336. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-014-9589-9)
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) New families of Sun-centered non-Keplerian orbits over cylinders and spheres. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 120(2), pp. 163-194. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-014-9570-7)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Design of ballistic three-body trajectories for continuous polar earth observation in the earth-moon system. Acta Astronautica, 102, pp. 178-189. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.06.001)
Verrier, P.E. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Periodic orbits for three and four co-orbital bodies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), pp. 3179-3191. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1056)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Inverse problem for shape control of flexible space reflectors using distributed solar pressure. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(7), 075026. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/7/075026)
García Yárnoz, D., Sánchez Cuartielles, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Passive sorting of asteroid material using solar radiation pressure. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(4), pp. 1223-1235. (doi: 10.2514/1.62412)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Feedback stabilization of displaced periodic orbits: application to binary asteroids. Acta Astronautica, 96, pp. 106-115. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.11.026)
Ceriotti, M. , Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 51(1), pp. 311-326. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32477)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2014) Mission analysis and systems design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission. Acta Astronautica, 94(1), pp. 455-469. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.12.015)
McInnes, C. R. and Colombo, C. (2013) Wave-like patterns in an elliptical satellite ring. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(6), pp. 1767-1771. (doi: 10.2514/1.55956)
Stolbunov, V., Ceriotti, M. , Colombo, C. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Optimal law for inclination change in an atmosphere through solar sailing. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(5), pp. 1310-1323. (doi: 10.2514/1.59931)
García Yárnoz, D., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Easily retrievable objects among the NEO population. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 116(4), pp. 367-388. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-013-9495-6)
White, C. , Colombo, C., Scanlon, T. J., McInnes, C. R. and Reese, J. M. (2013) Rarefied gas effects on the aerodynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft in orbit. Advances in Space Research, 51(11), pp. 2112-2124. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.01.002)
Bewick, R., Lücking, C., Colombo, C., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2013) Heliotropic dust rings for Earth climate engineering. Advances in Space Research, 51(7), pp. 1132-1144. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.10.024)
Colombo, C., Lücking, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Orbit evolution, maintenance and disposal of SpaceChip swarms through electro-chromic control. Acta Astronautica, 82(1), pp. 25-37. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.05.035)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Solar radiation pressure-augmented deorbiting: passive end-of-life disposal from high-altitude orbits. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 50(6), pp. 1256-1267. (doi: 10.2514/1.A32478)
Bennet, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Pattern transition in spacecraft formation flying using bifurcating potential fields. Aerospace Science and Technology, 23(1), pp. 250-262. (doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2011.07.013)
Colombo, C., Lücking, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft with J2 and solar radiation pressure for novel Earth observation and communication services. Acta Astronautica, 81(1), pp. 137-150. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.07.009)
Johnson, L., Young, R., Barnes, N., Friedman, L., Lappas, V. and McInnes, C. (2012) Solar sails: technology and demonstration status. International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 13(4), pp. 421-427. (doi: 10.5139/IJASS.2012.13.4.421)
Bewick, R., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Gravitationally bound geoengineering dust shade at the inner Lagrange point. Advances in Space Research, 50(10), pp. 1405-1410. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.07.008)
Ceriotti, M. , Diedrich, B.L. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Novel mission concepts for polar coverage: an overview of recent developments and possible future applications. Acta Astronautica, 80, pp. 89-104. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.043)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. (2012) Natural and sail-displaced doubly-symmetric Lagrange point orbits for polar coverage. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 114(1-2), pp. 151-180. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-012-9422-2)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) A passive satellite deorbiting strategy for medium earth orbit using solar radiation pressure and the J2 effect. Acta Astronautica, 77, pp. 197-206. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.026)
Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2012) Orbit design for future SpaceChip swarm missions in a planetary atmosphere. Acta Astronautica, 75, pp. 25-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.01.004)
Bewick, R., Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) The feasibility of using an L1 positioned dust cloud as a method of space-based geoengineering. Advances in Space Research, 49(7), pp. 1212-1228. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.01.010)
Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Assessment on the feasibility of future shepherding of asteroid resources. Acta Astronautica, 73, pp. 49-66. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.12.010)
Sanchez, J.P. and McInnes, C.R. (2012) Synergistic approach of asteroid exploitation and planetary protection. Advances in Space Research, 49(4), pp. 667-685. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.11.014)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2012) Design of optimal earth pole-sitter transfers using low-thrust propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 79, pp. 253-268. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.025)
Heiligers, J., McInnes, C.R. , Biggs, J.D. and Ceriotti, M. (2012) Displaced geostationary orbits using hybrid low-thrust propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 71, pp. 51-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.08.012)
Lücking, C., Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2012) Electrochromic orbit control for smart-dust devices. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(5), pp. 1548-1558. (doi: 10.2514/1.55488)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Systems design of a hybrid sail pole-sitter. Advances in Space Research, 48(11), pp. 1754-1762. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.02.010)
Macdonald, M. and McInnes, C. (2011) Solar sail science mission applications and advancement. Advances in Space Research, 48(11), pp. 1702-1716. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.03.018)
Bennet, D. J., McInnes, C.R. , Suzuki, M. and Uchiyama, K. (2011) Autonomous three-dimensional formation flight for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1899-1908. (doi: 10.2514/1.53931)
Colombo, C. and McInnes, C. (2011) Orbital dynamics of "smart-dust" devices with solar radiation pressure and drag. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1613-1631. (doi: 10.2514/1.52140)
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2011) Displaced geostationary orbit design using hybrid sail propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(6), pp. 1852-1866. (doi: 10.2514/1.53807)
Li, M., Jing, W., Macdonald, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2011) Adaptive backstepping control for optimal descent with embedded autonomy. Aerospace Science and Technology, 15(7), pp. 589-594. (doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2010.12.002)
Macdonald, M., McKay, R. J., Vasile, M., De Frescheville, F. B., Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. (2011) Low-thrust-enabled highly-non-Keplerian orbits in support of future Mars exploration. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(5), pp. 1396-1411. (doi: 10.2514/1.52602)
McInnes, C. R. (2011) Displaced non-Keplerian orbits using impulsive thrust. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 110(3), pp. 199-215. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-011-9351-5)
McKay, R., Macdonald, M., Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. (2011) Survey of highly non-Keplerian orbits with low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(3), pp. 645-666. (doi: 10.2514/1.52133)
Sanchez, J. P. and McInnes, C. (2011) Asteroid resource map for near-Earth space. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 48(1), pp. 153-165. (doi: 10.2514/1.49851)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Generation of optimal trajectories for Earth hybrid pole sitters. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(3), pp. 847-859. (doi: 10.2514/1.50935)
Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2011) Hybrid solar sail and solar electric propulsion for novel Earth observation missions. Acta Astronautica, 69(9-10), pp. 809-821. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.06.007)
McInnes, C.R. , Ceriotti, M. , Colombo, C., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.P., Bewick, R., Heiligers, J. and Lucking, C. (2011) Micro-to-macro: astrodynamics at extremes of lengths-scale. Acta Futura, 4, pp. 81-97. (doi: 10.2420/AF04.2011.81)
Li, M.D., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C.R. and Jing, W.X. (2010) Analytical landing trajectories for embedded autonomy. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224(11), pp. 1177-1191.
Brown, B., McInnes, C. and Allouis, E. (2010) Dynamic intelligent autonomous control of an asteroid lander. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224(8), pp. 865-879. (doi: 10.1243/09544100JAERO724)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Light-levitated geostationary cylindrical orbits are feasible. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(3), pp. 782-793. (doi: 10.2514/1.46681)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Passive orbit control for space-based geo-engineering. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(3), pp. 1017-1020. (doi: 10.2514/1.46054)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. and Hughes, G. (2010) Technology requirements of exploration beyond Neptune by solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 47(3), pp. 472-483. (doi: 10.2514/1.46657)
Bennet, D. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Distributed control of multi-robot systems using bifurcating potential fields. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 58(3), pp. 256-264. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2009.08.004)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2010) Designing displaced lunar orbits using low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(1), pp. 259-265. (doi: 10.2514/1.45305)
Badawy, A. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Small spacecraft formation using potential functions. Acta Astronautica, 65(11-12), pp. 1783-1788. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.05.002)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Solar sail orbits at the Earth–Moon libration points. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 14(12), pp. 4191-4196. (doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.03.032)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Time-delayed feedback control in astrodynamics. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(6), pp. 1804-1811. (doi: 10.2514/1.43672)
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Asymptotic analysis of displaced lunar orbits. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(5), pp. 1666-1671. (doi: 10.2514/1.43703)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Artificial halo orbits for low-thrust propulsion spacecraft. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 104(4), pp. 321-335. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-009-9215-4)
Bennet, D.J. and McInnes, C.R. (2009) Verifiable control of a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 223(7), pp. 939-953. (doi: 10.1243/09544100JAERO508)
Biggs, J. D. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) Solar sail formation flying for deep-space remote sensing. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 46(3), pp. 670-678. (doi: 10.2514/1.42404)
McInnes, C.R. (2009) Space-based geoengineering: challenges and requirements. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 224(3), pp. 571-580. (doi: 10.1243/09544062JMES1439)
Biggs, J. D., McInnes, C. R. and Waters, T. (2009) Control of solar sail periodic orbits in the elliptic three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(1), pp. 318-320. (doi: 10.2514/1.38362)
Mabrouk, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2008) Solving the potential field local minimum problem using internal agent states. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 56(12), pp. 1050-1060. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.09.006)
McInnes, C.R. , Gorman, D.G. and Cartmell, M.P. (2008) Enhanced vibrational energy harvesting using non-linear stochastic resonance. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 318(4-5), pp. 655-662. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.07.017)
Baig, S. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Artificial three-body equilibria for hybrid low-thrust propulsion. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(6), pp. 1644-1655. (doi: 10.2514/1.36125)
Dadzie, S. K., Reese, J. M. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) A continuum model of gas flows with localized density variations. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 387(24), pp. 6079-6094. (doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.07.009)
Mabrouk, M. and McInnes, C. (2008) Nonlinear stability of vortex formation in swarms of interacting particles. Physical Review E, 78(1), 012903. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.012903)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Solar sail dynamics in the three-body problem: homoclinic paths of points and orbits. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 43(6), pp. 490-496. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2008.01.001)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) Invariant manifolds and orbit control in the solar sail three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(3), pp. 554-562. (doi: 10.2514/1.32292)
McInnes, C.R. and Waters, T.J. (2008) Reconfiguring smart structures using phase space connections. Smart Materials and Structures, 17(2), 025030. (doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/2/025030)
Badawy, A. and McInnes, C. R. (2008) On-orbit assembly using superquadric potential fields. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(1), pp. 30-43. (doi: 10.2514/1.28865)
Bookless, J. and McInnes, C. (2008) Control of Lagrange point orbits using solar sail propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 62(2-3), pp. 159-176. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.12.051)
Dachwald, B., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Mengali, G. and Quarta, A. A. (2007) Impact of optical degradation on solar sail mission performance. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 740-749. (doi: 10.2514/1.21432)
Lappas, V., Wie, B., McInnes, C. , Tarabini, L., Gomes, L. and Wallace, K. (2007) Microsolar sails for Earth magnetotail monitoring. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 840-848. (doi: 10.2514/1.23456)
Macdonald, M., Hughes, G., McInnes, C. , Lyngvi, A., Falkner, P. and Atzei, A. (2007) GeoSail: an elegant solar sail demonstration mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(4), pp. 784-796. (doi: 10.2514/1.22867)
McInnes, C. R. (2007) Near earth object orbit modification using gravitational coupling. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(3), pp. 870-873. (doi: 10.2514/1.25864)
Waters, T. J. and McInnes, C. R. (2007) Periodic orbits above the ecliptic in the solar-sail restricted three-body problem. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(3), pp. 687-693. (doi: 10.2514/1.26232)
McInnes, C. R. (2007) Vortex formation in swarms of interacting particles. Physical Review E, 75(032904), (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.032904)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C.R. and Dachwald, B. (2007) Heliocentric solar sail orbit transfers with locally optimal control laws. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44, pp. 273-276. (doi: 10.2514/1.17297)
Hughes, G. W., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Atzei, A. and Falkner, P. (2006) Terrestrial planet sample return missions using solar sail propulsion. Acta Astronautica, 59(8-11), pp. 797-806. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.019)
Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. , Alexander, D. and Sandman, A. (2006) GeoSail: exploring the magnetosphere using a low-cost solar sail. Acta Astronautica, 59(8-11), pp. 757-767. (doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.023)
Macdonald, M., Hughes, G. W., McInnes, C. R. , Lyngvi, A., Falkner, P. and Atzei, A. (2006) Solar Polar Orbiter: A solar sail technology reference study. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 43(5), pp. 960-972. (doi: 10.2514/1.16408)
Hughes, G. W., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. R. , Atzei, A. and Falkner, P. (2006) Sample return from Mercury and other terrestrial planets using solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 43(4), pp. 828-835. (doi: 10.2514/1.15889)
Baoyin, H. and McInnes, C. (2006) Solar sail halo orbits at the Sun–Earth artificial L1 point. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 94(2), pp. 155-171. (doi: 10.1007/s10569-005-4626-3)
McInnes, C. R. (2004) Deflection of near-Earth asteroids by kinetic energy impacts from retrograde orbits. Planetary and Space Science, 52(7), pp. 587-590. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.12.010)
Hughes, G.W. and McInnes, C.R. (2004) Small-body encounters using solar sail propulsion. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 41, pp. 140-150.
McInnes, C.r. (2004) Delivering fast and capable missions to the outer solar system. Advances in Space Research, 34(1), pp. 184-191. (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.063)
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Solar sailing: mission applications and engineering challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 361(1813), pp. 2989-3008. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1280)
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Solar sailing: orbital mechanics and mission applications. Advances in Space Research, 31(8), pp. 1971-1980. (doi: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00172-8)
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Gravity turn descent from circular orbit conditions. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 26(1), pp. 183-185. (doi: 10.2514/2.5033)
McInnes, C. , Hughes, G. and MacDonald, M. (2003) Low cost Mercury orbiter and Mercury sample return missions Using solar sail propulsion. Aeronautical Journal, 107(1074), pp. 469-478.
McInnes, C.R. (2003) Non-linear dynamics of ring world systems. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 56(9/10), pp. 308-313.
Radice, G. and McInnes, C. (2003) Autonomous behavioural algorithm for space applications. Aeronautical Journal, 107(1074), pp. 521-527.
McInnes, C. R. (2002) Astronomical engineering revisited: planetary orbit modification using solar radiation pressure. Astrophysics and Space Science, 282(4), pp. 765-772. (doi: 10.1023/A:1021178603836)
Jing, W.-X. and McInnes, C. R. (2002) Memorised quasi-time–fuel-optimal feedback control of perturbed double integrator. Automatica, 38(8), pp. 1389-1396. (doi: 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00037-7)
McInnes, C. R. (2001) Advances in space systems engineering at the University of Glasgow. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 73(4), pp. 360-366. (doi: 10.1108/00022660110399399)
McInnes, C. (2000) Near-term, low cost missions for solar sails. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 53(1/2), pp. 48-61.
Book Sections
Macdonald, M. et al. (2014) Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a solar polar mission. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis books in astronautical engineering. Springer, pp. 243-257. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_17)
McInnes, C. R. et al. (2014) Gossamer Roadmap Technology reference study for a Sub-L1 space weather mission. In: Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis books in astronautical engineering. Springer, pp. 227-242. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_16)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Distributed reflectivity solar sails for extended mission applications. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis Books: Astronautical Engineering. Springer in association with Praxis Publishing, pp. 331-350. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_22)
Ceriotti, M. , Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Design and trade-offs of a pole-sitter mission. In: Macdonald, Malcolm (ed.) Advances in Solar Sailing. Series: Springer Praxis Books: Astronautical Engineering. Springer in association with Praxis Publishing, pp. 289-308. ISBN 9783642349065 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_20)
Yárnoz, D. G., Sanchez Cuartielles, J.-P. and McInnes, C. R. (2013) Opportunities for asteroid retrieval missions. In: Badescu, Viorel (ed.) Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer, pp. 479-505. ISBN 9783642392436 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3_21)
McInnes, C. R. (2009) Mars climate engineering using orbiting solar reflectors. In: Badescu, Viorel (ed.) Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer Verlag, pp. 645-659. ISBN 9783642036286 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03629-3_25)
McInnes, C. R. (2006) Planetary macro-engineering using orbiting solar reflectors. In: Badescu, Viorel, Cathcart, Richard B. and Schuiling, Roelof D. (eds.) Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future. Series: Water Science and Technology Library (54). Springer Netherlands, pp. 215-250. ISBN 9781402037399 (doi: 10.1007/1-4020-4604-9_11)
Conference or Workshop Item
Deans, M., Patterson, C., McInnes, C. R. and BAILET, G. (2025) NextSpace Testrig – Certification of In-Space Manufactured Materials & Processes for an Enhanced Space Segment. The Institution of Engineering and Technology: Manufacturing on the Moon - Young Professionals and Early Careers talks, Online, 20 January 2025.
Çelik, O. and McInnes, C. (2024) An Investigation into a Combined Service of Space-based Solar Energy and Climate Engineering via Orbiting Solar Reflectors. 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024.
Teale, C., Colombo, P., Villejo, S. J. and McInnes, C. (2024) Gaussian process for modelling the space environment from sparse data collected by massively distributed femtosatellite networks. 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024.
Bailet, G. , Patterson, C., Deans, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2024) Qualification of additive manufacturing for space and in-space materials and processes - NextSpace Testrig. 2024 Worldwide Advanced Manufacturing Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 19-23 February 2024.
Deans, M., Patterson, C., McInnes, C.R. and Bailet, G. (2024) NextSpace Testrig Nylon PA12 Tensile Testing Campaign. 2024 Worldwide Advanced Manufacturing Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 19-23 February 2024.
Bailet, G. , Bhatti, S., Krishnamoorthy, S., Kalil, J., Davis, J., Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Bridging the gap between Aerobots and Landers for Venus. 21st International Planetary Probe Workshop 2024 (IPPW 2024), Williamsburg, VA, USA, 8-14 June 2024.
Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) In-Space Additive Manufacturing for Planetary Exploration. 20th International Planetary Probe Workshop, Marseille, France, 28 August - 1 September 2023.
Teale, C., Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) A Novel Femtosatellite Sensor Array for Deconvolving Time and Space Measurements of Transient Phenomenon in Earth Orbit. 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023.
Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Use of 3d Printed Technologies to Enable Aerocapture for Large Payloads at Mars. 19th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW 2022), Santa Clara, CA, USA, 29 Aug - 02 Sept 2022.
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Massively parallel in-situ sensing using femto-spacecraft clouds. 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021.
Ceriotti, M. , Seefeldt, P., Kesseler, L., Viavattene, G. , Moore, I. , Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. , Hillebrandt, M., Zander, M. E. and Grundmann, J. T. (2021) How we Beat 2019 PDC to NYC by 2 Years, Within 2 Years, 2 Years Ago. 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC 2021), 26-30 Apr 2021.
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2021) More Bucks for the Bang: New Space Solutions, Impact Tourism and One Unique Science & Engineering Opportunity at T-6 Months and Counting. 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC 2021), 26-30 Apr 2021.
Bailet, G. , Krishnamoorthy, S., Beeley, J., Timmons, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Bridging the gap between Aerobots and Landers for Venus. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Hastie, P., Bailet, G. , White, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) The Use of In-Space Manufactured Solid Foams for Aerocapture. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Moore, I. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J., Timmons, T. , Ceriotti, M. , Stamat, L., Worrall, K. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Multi-probe In-situ Detection of GasEous Species (MIDGES): A Low Cost Mission to Detect PH3 in the Venusian Atmosphere. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Timmons, T. , Bailet, G. , Beeley, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2021) Solar System Swarm Probes: An Earth-based Technology Demonstrator. 18th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June-August 2021.
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Responsive Exploration and Asteroid Characterization through Integrated Solar Sail and Lander Development Using Small Spacecraft Technologies. IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Washington D.C., USA, 29 Apr - 03 May 2019.
Voigt, P. et al. (2018) TeSeR – Technology for Self-Removal – Status of a Horizon 2020 project to ensure the Post-Mission-Disposal of any future spacecraft. 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 Oct 2018. (Accepted for Publication)
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Artificial Horseshoe Orbits Using Low Thrust Propulsion. 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Guadalajara, Mexico, 26-30 Sep 2016.
Greenland, S., Clark, C., Macdonald, M., Brunskill, C. and McInnes, C. (2016) Lessons Captured? Application of UKube-1 Lessons Identified Into Nanobed Development Process. The 4S Symposium 2016, Valletta, Malta, 30 May - 03 Jun 2016.
Greenland, S., Mendham, P., Macdonald, M., McInnes, C. and Clark, C. (2016) Implementation of a Product-centric Space System Approach to Nanosatellite Systems Design and Deployment. The 4S Symposium 2016, Valletta, Malta, 30 May - 03 Jun 2016.
Conference Proceedings
Ahmed Qaid, K. , Celik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2025) Orbiting Solar Reflectors: A Pathway to Extended Space-based Solar Power Availability and Enhanced Grid Stability. In: IET Powering Net Zero 2024, Birmingham, UK, 3-6 December 2024, (doi: 10.1049/icp.2024.450)
Gordon, R. and McInnes, C. (2024) End-of-Life Considerations for Orbital Solar Reflectors. In: 35th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Kaua’i, Hawaii, USA, 19-23 Jan 2025, (Accepted for Publication)
Moore, I. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Controllability of Orbiting Solar Reflectors Under Structural Failures. In: 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024,
Tomanek-Volynets, E. , Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2024) Multi-target Space Mission Sequence Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning. In: 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 Oct 2024,
Algethami, A., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2023) Guiding Asteroids to Form an Artificial Bound Binary Pair Using Continuous Control Acceleration. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023, ISBN 9781713885573
Celik, O. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) A Constellation Design for Orbiting Solar Reflectors to Enhance Terrestrial Solar Energy. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023,
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2023) The Capture of Near-Earth Asteroids in Close Proximity Orbits with a Two-Spacecraft Strategy Using a Linear Approximation. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023, ISBN 9781713885573
Lin, Z., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Asteroid Hovering by Solar Sailing: Application to 433 Eros. In: 6th International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2023), New York, NY, USA, 5-9 June 2023,
Moore, I. , Celik, O. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2023) The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 Oct 2023,
Oderinwale, T. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Economic Feasibility of Alternative Technological Concepts to Harness Renewable Energy from Space. In: 11th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation - Meeting net zero carbon (RPG 2022), London, UK, 22-23 Sept 2022, pp. 130-134. ISBN 9781839537899 (doi: 10.1049/icp.2022.1687)
Timmons, T. , Beeley, J., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Experimental Testing of Range-based Relative Positioning Strategies for a Swarm of Centimetre-scale Femto-spacecraft. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Celik, O. and McInnes, C. (2022) Families of displaced non-keplerian polar orbits for space-based solar energy applications. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Viale, A. , Celik, O. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Towards the Commercial Development of Orbiting Reflectors: A Technology Demonstration Roadmap. In: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022,
Celik, O. , Viale, A. , Oderinwale, T. , Sulbhewar, L. and McInnes, C. R. (2022) Enhancing Terrestrial Solar Power Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 129-143. ISBN 9781713843092
Hastie, P. G.B., Bailet, G. and McInnes, C. (2022) On-Orbit Manufacturing of Large Space Structures Using Solid Foams. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 81-90. ISBN 9781713843085
Kuusvek, R., Bailet, G. , McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2022) A Novel Nanosatellite Heat Management System via Actively Switched Thermal Pathways. In: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, pp. 460-463. ISBN 9781713843047
Ionescu, L. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2022) Use of Powered Earth Fly-Bys to Enhance Mass Retrieval for a Two-Spacecraft Asteroid Capture Strategy. In: 2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, 07-11 Aug 2022, (Accepted for Publication)
Moore, I. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2021) Asteroid Landing With a Solar Sail: Lander Deployment and Sail Descent to Surface. In: 31st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 01-04 Feb 2021, pp. 521-538. ISBN 9780877036791
Johnson, L. et al. (2021) Solar Sail Propulsion by 2050: an Enabling Capability for Heliophysics Missions. In: Heliophysics 2050 Workshop, 3-7 May 2021,
Robb, B., McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Magnetic Attitude Control of Gossamer Spacecraft using a 3D-printed, Electrically Conducting Support Structure. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, USA, 6-10 Jan 2020, ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-0714)
Stamat, L., Hu, Z., McRobb, M. and McInnes, C. (2020) Laboratory-Scale Test Platforms for Femto-Satellite Attitude Control Systems. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, 06-10 Jan 2020, AIAA 2020-0930. ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-0930)
Trovarelli, F., McRobb, M. , Hu, Z. and McInnes, C. (2020) Attitude Control of an Underactuated Planar Multibody System Using Momentum Preserving Internal Torques. In: 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, 06-10 Jan 2020, AIAA 2020-1686. ISBN 9781624105951 (doi: 10.2514/6.2020-1686)
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2020) Dynamics of a Non-Rigid Orbital Siphon at a Near-Earth Asteroid. In: 2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, ME, USA, 11-15 Aug 2019, ISBN 9780877036654
Hu, Z., Timmons, T., Stamat, L. and McInnes, C. (2019) Development of a 10g Femto-satellite with Active Attitude Control. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
McRobb, M. , Robb, B., Ridley, S. and McInnes, C. (2019) Emerging Space Technologies: Macro-scale On-orbit Manufacturing. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Influence of Launcher Cost and Payload Capacity on Asteroid Mining Profitability. In: 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 Nov 2019,
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Responsive integrated small spacecraft solar sail and payload design concepts and missions. In: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019), Aachen, Germany, 30 July - 2 Aug 2019,
Vergaaij, M. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Economic Assessment of High-thrust and Solar-sail Propulsion for Near-Earth Asteroid Mining. In: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019), Aachen, Germany, 30 July - 2 Aug 2019,
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Flights Are Ten a Sail – Re-use and Commonality in the Design and System Engineering of Small Spacecraft Solar Sail Missions with Modular Hardware for Responsive and Adaptive Exploration. In: 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C., USA, 21-25 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781713814856
Grundmann, J. T. et al. (2019) Solar Sails for Planetary Defense and High-Energy Missions. In: 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 02-09 Mar 2019, ISBN 9781538668542 (doi: 10.1109/AERO.2019.8741900)
Liu, X., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2019) Secular Orbital Element Variations Due to Continuous Low-thrust Control and Third-body Perturbations. In: 29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI, USA, 13-17 Jan 2019, pp. 1213-1234. ISBN 9780877036593
Viale, A. , McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Disassembly of Near Earth Asteroids by Leveraging Rotational Self Energy. In: 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 Oct 2018, pp. 13608-13617. ISBN 9781510881655
Kawai, Y., Uchiyama, K. and McInnes, C. R. (2018) Design Principle of Non-Switching Integral Sliding Mode Controller and Applications to Aerospace Vehicles. In: 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, USA, 08-12 Jan 2018, ISBN 9781624105265 (doi: 10.2514/6.2018-0857)
Tan, M., McInnes, C. and Ceriotti, M. (2018) Low-energy Capture of Asteroids for the Logistic Support of Future Mars Missions. In: 2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, UT, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018, pp. 3425-3442. ISBN 9780877036579
McInnes, C. (2017) Harvesting Near Earth Asteroid Resources Using Solar Sail Technology. In: Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2017), Kyoto, Japan, 17-20 Jan 2017,
Bonetti, F. and McInnes, C. R. (2017) Space-Enhanced Solar Power for Equatorial Regions. In: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 5-9 Feb 2017, pp. 3089-3107. ISBN 9780877036371
Heiligers, J., van den Oever, T. D., Ceriotti, M. , Mulligan, P. and McInnes, C. (2017) Continuous Planetary Polar Observation from Hybrid Pole-Sitters at Venus, Earth, and Mars. In: Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2017), Kyoto, Japan, 17-20 Jan 2017,
Peloni, A. , McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2017) Osculating Keplerian Elements for Highly Non-Keplerian Orbits. In: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 5-9 Feb 2017, pp. 2277-2296. ISBN 9780877036371
de Sousa-Silva, P. A., Terra, M. O., McInnes, C. R. and Ceriotti, M. (2016) A Heuristic Strategy to Compute Ensemble of Trajectories for 3D Low Cost Earth-Moon Transfers. In: 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Guadalajara, Mexico, 26-30 Sep 2016,
Simo, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2016) Potential Effects of a Realistic Solar Sail and Comparison to an Ideal Sail. In: 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, USA, 14-18 Feb 2016, pp. 3106-3120.
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low Thrust Augmented Spacecraft Formation-Flying. In: 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics: ISSFD 2015, Munich, Germany, 19-23 Oct 2015,
Arnot, C. S. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Low Thrust Augmented Spacecraft Formation-Flying for On-Orbit Inspection. In: IAC 2015: 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 12-16 Oct 2015,
Cao, J., Clemente, C. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) A Novel Concept for Earth Remote Sensing Using a Bistatic Femto-Satellite Swarm in Sun Synchronous Orbit. In: IAC 2015: 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 12-16 Oct 2015,
Zhang, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2015) Reconfiguring Smart Structures Using Approximate Heteroclinic Connections in a Spring-Mass Model. In: ASME 2015 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 21-23 Sept 2015,
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2014) Optical control of solar sails using distributed reflectivity. In: AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2014), Maryland, MD, USA, 13-17 Jan 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-0833)
Borggräfe, A., Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Attitude Control of Large Gossamer Spacecraft Using Surface Reflectivity Modulation. In: 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, ON, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
Colombo, C., Mingotti, G., Bernelli-Zazzera, F. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Multiple spacecraft transfers to Sun-Earth distant retrograde orbits for Asteroid detection missions. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2014,
Garcia Yarnoz, D., Scheeres, D. J. and McInnes, C. (2014) On the a and g families of symmetric periodic orbits in the photogravitational hill problem and their application to asteroids. In: 2014 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4119)
Heiligers, J., Diedrich, B., Derbes, W. and McInnes, C. (2014) Sunjammer: preliminary end-to-end mission design. In: 2014 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4127)
Heiligers, J., Hiddink, S., Noomen, R. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Multiple spacecraft transfers to Sun-Earth distant retrograde orbits for Asteroid detection missions. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) Novel solar sail mission concepts for Space weather forecasting. In: 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Fe NM, USA, 26-30 Jan 2014,
Heiligers, J., Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Optimisation of solar sail interplanetary heteroclinic connections. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Mingotti, G., Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) Optimal Solar Sail Interplanetary Heteroclinic Transfers for Novel Space Applications. In: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 4-7 Aug 2014, ISBN 9781624103087 (doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4223)
Mingotti, G., Heiligers, J. and McInnes, C. (2014) First-guess generation of solar sail interplanetary heteroclinic connections. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Mingotti, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Relative dynamics and control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft flying around an oblate Earth exploiting solar radiation pressure. In: 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Fe NM, USA, 26-30 Jan 2014,
Mushet, G. and McInnes, C. (2014) Self-organising low Earth orbit constellations for Earth observation. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Qiao, D. and McInnes, C. (2014) Trajectory options for low-cost missions to easily retrievable objects. In: 2nd Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS2), Rome, Italy, 24-26 March 2014,
Yarnoz, D. G. and McInnes, C. R. (2014) Coupled orbit-attitude dynamics of an asteroid during swing-bys. In: International Astronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014,
Heiligers, J., Ceriotti, M. , McInnes, C.R. and Biggs, J.D. (2012) Mission analysis and system design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission. In: 1st IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, Porto, Portugal, 19-21 March 2012,
Biggs, J. and McInnes, C. R. (2009) An optimal gains matrix for time-delay feedback control. In: 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, 22-24 Jun 2009, pp. 339-342. (doi: 10.3182/20090622-3-UK-3004.00063)
Roger, A., Welsh, T. and McInnes, C. (2001) Tuneable autonomy and human interfaces for free-flying servicing vehicles. In: 2001 Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 11-14 Feb 2001, pp. 103-108. (doi: 10.1063/1.1357912)
Grants
Recent funded research projects include:
- Co-Investigator: NextSpace test rig, UK Space Agency, 2024-2025
- Principal Investigator: Proof of Concept Award, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2023-2026
- Principal Investigator: SOLSPACE, European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2020-2025
- Principal Investigator: Regional Engagement Award, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2020-2026
- Principal Investigator: Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies: Space, 2018-2028
- Principal Investigator: Ultra-Low Energy Trajectories for Near Earth Asteroid Capture and Return, Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2015-2020
- Principal Investigator: Space-Enhanced Solar Power for Equatorial Regions, EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship Grant, 2016-2017
- Principal Investigator: Osculating Keplerian Elements for Highly non-Keplerian Orbits, EOARD, 2016-2017
- Principal Investigator: Mapping the Envelope of Technological Possibilities for Future Cities, EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship Grant, 2015-2016
- Principal investigator: Glasgow Human Futures Network, Chancellor's Fund, 2015-2016
- Principal investigator: Partial Differential Equations in Astrodynamics, Leverhulme Trust Fellowship, 2015-2016
- Principal investigator: Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications, Satellite Applications Catapult Centre, 2014-2017 (until 1/10/14)
- Principal investigator: VISIONSPACE, European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant, 2009-2014
Supervision
Research staff:
- Dr James Beeley: RAEng Emerging Technologies - micro-space systems
- TBC: RAEng Emerging Technologies - macro-space systems
- Mr Satyam Bhatti: RAEng Emerging Technologies - electronic systems
- Dr Robert Gordon: ERC SOLSPACE - orbital dynamics
- Dr Iain Moore: ERC SOLSPACE - attitude dynamics
- Dr Litesh Sulbhewar: ERC SOLSPACE - space structures
- Dr Khaldon Qaid: ERC SOLSPACE - energy systems
- Dr Vaibhav Anuse: ERC SOLSPACE - experimental testing
PhD researchers:
- Ionescu, Livia
Capture of near-Earth asteroids using multiple spacecraft - Lin, Zitong
Dynamics and control of solar sails around asteroids - Teale, Christopher
Payloads and mission applications for novel femtosatellite platforms - Tomanek-Volynets, Edward
Space Trajectory Design Using Artificial Intelligence
Teaching
Currently on research leave, supported by a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.
Research datasets
2021
Nakamiya, M. and McInnes, C. (2021) Ultra-low cost orbit transfer and orbit control for future libration point missions. [Data Collection]
