A third-order analytical solution for relative motion with a circular reference orbit

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 112 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 605-613

  Richardson, David L ^a   Mitchell, Jason W ^b  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CIRCULAR REFERENCE ORBIT; RELATIVE MOTION EQUATIONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036910292     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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