Solution of the elliptic rendezvous problem with the time as independent variable

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-621

  Broucke, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ELLIPTIC ORBITS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0043269715     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5089     Document Type: Article

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