JournalPseudo-Heliostable One-Winged Solar Sails for Propellantless Sun-Pointing Control Under Geometric UncertaintiesKume, S., Takao, Y., and Sakamoto, H., Acta Astronautica, Vol. 246, Sep. 2026, pp. 701–716.DOI
Int'l Conf.Japan's Successive Missions to the Asteroid Belt and Beyond Using a Series of Small SpacecraftTakao, Y., Morishita, T., Tsukizaki, R., Nishiyama, K., Matsushita, M., Nakagawa, Y., Kusumoto, T., Ozaki, N., and Mori, O., 48th Annual AAS GN&C Conference, AAS 26-031, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Jan.–Feb. 2026.
JournalDevelopment of a Lightweight Membrane Deployment Structure with Power Generation and Antenna Functions, HELIOSMatsushita, M., Takao, Y., Kusumoto, T., Sugihara, A. K., Mori, O., Watanabe, A., Nakamura, K., Ohira, G., Fujita, M., Sugiura, K., Ikeda, K., Fujita, A., Yamada, S., Yamakawa, M., Satou, Y., Miyazaki, Y., Toyota, H., Nakamura, T., Okuizumi, N., Takeda, S., Moritani, M., Sakamoto, H., Shirane, A., and Okada, K., Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 23, Dec. 2025, pp. 49–58.DOI
JournalMission Concept of Japanese Comet Sample Return Exploration in the 2030sSaiki, T., Tsuda, Y., Mori, O., Aiko, Y., Matsumoto, J., Kikuchi, S., Takao, Y., Kurokawa, H., Shimaki, Y., Sakatani, N., Fukai, R., and Okada, T., Acta Astronautica, Vol. 235, Oct. 2025, pp. 120–128.DOI
JournalMission Analysis for the First-Ever Saturn Trojan 2019 UO14Takao, Y., Advances in Space Research, Vol. 76, No. 4, Aug. 2025, pp. 2488–2506.DOIarXiv
Int'l Conf.Artificial Frozen Orbits Around Small Bodies via Solar SailingTakao, Y. and Kikuchi, S., 2025 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AAS 25-743, Boston, MA, USA, Aug. 2025.
Int'l Conf.Sun-Tracking Attitude Control Using a Single Reaction Wheel and Thrust Vector ControlTakao, Y., Mimasu, Y., and Tsuda, Y., 2025 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AAS 25-641, Boston, MA, USA, Aug. 2025.
Int'l Conf.DSOTV and OPENS: A Roadmap on Japan’s Next-Generation Solar System ExplorationTakao, Y., Mori, O., Tsuda, Y., Saiki, T., Ozaki, N., Funase, R., and Yano, H., 35th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2025-d-18-1, Tokushima, Japan, Jun. 2025.