A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 777-790

  Beard, Randal W ^a,b   Lawton, Jonathan ^a,c   Hadaegh, Fred Y ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control architecture; Coordinated control; Interferometry; Spacecraft formation flying

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; COORDINATED CONTROL; SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; INTERFEROMETERS; LINEARIZATION; POSITION CONTROL; SPACECRAFT; TRACKING (POSITION);

CONTROLLABILITY;

EID: 0035506846     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.960341     Document Type: Article

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