Stabilizing motion relative to an unstable orbit: applications to spacecraft formation flight

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-73

  Scheeres, D J ^a   Hsiao, F Y ^a   Vinh, N X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT; SYSTEM STABILITY;

HILL RESTRICTED THREE BODY PROBLEM; SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLIGHT; UNSTABLE PERIODIC ORBITS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0037265997     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5015     Document Type: Article

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