Minimum-fuel formation reconfiguration of multiple free-flying spacecraft

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-102

  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; FUEL SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; FUELS;

FUEL FORMATION RECONFIGURATION; MULTIPLE FREE FLYING SPACECRAFT;

SPACECRAFT;

FORMATION RECONFIGURATIONS; FREE-FLYING SPACECRAFT; FUEL-MINIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PERMUTATION GROUP; RECONFIGURATION PROBLEMS; STRAIGHT-LINE PATHS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE;

EID: 0032600949     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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