Gravitational perturbations, nonlinearity and circular orbit assumption effects on formation flying control strategies

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue , 2000, Pages 139-155

  Alfriend, Kyle T ^a   Schaub, Hanspeter ^b   Gim, Dong Woo ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0001229316     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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