Modeling relative position, relative velocity, and range rate for formation flying

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 109 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 2165-2186

  McLaughlin, Craig A ^a   Sabol, Chris ^a   Swank, Aaron ^a   Burns, Richard D ^a   Luu, K Kim ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SATELLITES;

EARTH OBLATENESS EFFECTS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0036063754     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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