Rendezvous equations in a central-force field with linear drag

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-79

  Humi, Mayer ^a   Carter, Thomas ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTEGRATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

INVERSE SQUARE LAWS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036151899     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4851     Document Type: Article

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