Time-explicit representation of relative motion between elliptical orbits

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 604-610

  Melton, Robert G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ORBITS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACECRAFT;

ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; RELATIVE MOTION; RENDEZVOUS MECHANICS; STATE TRANSITION MATRIX;

MOTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034228457     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4605     Document Type: Article

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