Synchronized formation rotation and attitude control of multiple free-flying spacecraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-35

  Wang, P K C ^a,c,d   Hadaegh, F Y ^b,c,d,e   Lau, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; ROTATION; SPACECRAFT; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; MULTIPLE FREE-FLYING SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT FORMATION DYNAMICS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032785314     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4367     Document Type: Article

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