Optimal spacecraft trajectories via higher order differential inclusions

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 102 I, Issue , 1999, Pages 377-395

  Coverstone Carroll, V ^a   Hartman, C A ^a   Herman, A L ^b   Spencer, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Spectrum Astro Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0039129186     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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