Relative position and attitude estimation and control schemes for the final phase of an autonomous docking mission of spacecraft

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 511-522

  Philip, N K ^a   Ananthasayanam, M R ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DOCKING; FEEDBACK; POSITION CONTROL;

AUTONOMOUS SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0037395890     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00125-X     Document Type: Article

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