Method for calculating collision probability between a satellite and a space tether

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 940-945

  Patera, Russell P ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ORBITS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES; VECTORS;

COLLISION HAZARD; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRICES;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0036748394     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4967     Document Type: Article

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