Fuel-saving strategies for dual spacecraft interferometry missions

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 469-488

  Bailey, Christopher A ^a   McLain, Timothy W ^a   Beard, Randal W ^a  

^a NTT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; SPACECRAFT;

IMAGING MANEUVERS; FUEL OPTIMAL; FUEL SAVINGS; INTERFEROMETRY MISSIONS; LOCAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; SEPARATED SPACECRAFT INTERFEROMETRY; SPACE-BORNE; SPACECRAFT INTERFEROMETRY; STELLAR SOURCES;

SPACECRAFT; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0035410911     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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