Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics and Control

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 561-564

  Kapila, Vikram ^a   Sparks, Andrew G ^b   Buffington, James M ^c   Yan, Qiguo ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0000555356     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4567     Document Type: Article

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