Exploiting orbital dynamics for aperture synthesis using distributed satellite systems: applications to a visible earth imager system

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-75

  Kong, Edmund M C ^a   Miller, David W ^a   Sedwick, Raymond J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; PROPELLANTS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

APERTURE SYNTHESIS; DISTRIBUTED SATELLITE SYSTEM; ORBITAL DYNAMICS; VISIBLE EARTH IMAGER SYSTEM;

ORBITS;

APERTURE SYNTHESIS; CONIC SECTIONS; CONSTELLATION ORIENTATION; DISTRIBUTED SATELLITE SYSTEM; GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT; ORBITAL DYNAMICS; PROPELLANT MASS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032600947     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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