Coordination and control of multiple microspacecraft moving in formation

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-355

  Wang, P K C ^a   Hadaegh, F Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION CONTROL; SPACECRAFT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MULTIPLE MICROSPACECRAFT FORMATION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0030182761     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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