Space vehicle maneuver method to lower collision risk to an acceptable level

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-237

  Patera, Russell P ^a   Peterson, Glenn E ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRADIENT METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MANEUVERABILITY; PROBABILITY; RISKS; VELOCITY;

COLLISION RISK; KEPLERIAN PROPAGATION; SPACE VEHICLE MANEUVER;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 0037350593     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5063     Document Type: Article

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