Uses of solar radiation pressure for satellite formation flight

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 163-183

  Williams, Trevor ^a   Wang, Zhong Sheng ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POSITION CONTROL; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

DIFFERENTIAL ORBITAL PLANE PRECESSION; FORMATION PERTURBATION; LONG TERM PERTUBATION EFFECTS; OBLATENESS; ORBITAL PROXIMITY OPERATION; SATELLITE FORMATION FLIGHT; SOLAR WING;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036465291     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.681     Document Type: Article

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