Study of interspacecraft Coulomb forces and implications for formation flying

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 497-505

  King, Lyon B ^a   Parker, Gordon G ^a   Deshmukh, Satwik ^a   Chong, Jer Hong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORBITS; PLASMAS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

COULOMB CONTROL SYSTEM; FORMATION FLYING; INTERSPACECRAFT COULOMB FORCES; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; THRUSTERS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037842722     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6133     Document Type: Article

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