Mitigation of differential perturbations in formation flying satellite clusters

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 309-331

  Sedwick, R J ^a   Miller, D W ^a   Kong, E M C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; EARTH (PLANET); PROPELLANTS; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

APPERTURE SYNTHESIS; DISTRIBUTED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

SATELLITES; ORBITS;

CLUSTER FORMATIONS; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED SATELLITE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; FORMATION FLYING MISSIONS; FORMATION-FLYING SATELLITES; PERTURBATIVE FORCES; SPACE-BASED SURVEILLANCES;

EID: 0033155839     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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