Theory of satellite ground-track crossovers

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 749-767

  Kim, M C ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossover Bifurcation; Ground track; Satellite; Spinor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005694074     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001900050141     Document Type: Article

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