Analysis of formation flying control of a pair of nanosatellites

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 971-975

  Veres, S M ^a   Gabriel, S B ^a   Mayne, D Q ^b   Rogers, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLABILITY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FLYING CONTROL; NANOSATELLITES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0036749293     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4971     Document Type: Article

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