A preliminary investigation of decentralized control for satellite formations

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue , 2000, Pages 63-74

  Carpenter, J R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; DATA HANDLING; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERING; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMMAND AND DATA HANDLING SYSTEM; SATELLITE FORMATIONS; SATELLITE MISSIONS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 0034432030     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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