State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Noncircular Reference Orbit

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 956-971

  Gim, Dong Woo ^a,b   Alfriend, Kyle T ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GRAVITATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

TRANSITION MATRIX;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 0344898941     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6924     Document Type: Article

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