Development and verification of algorithms for spacecraft formation flight using the SPHERES testbed: Application to TPF

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 308-319

  Kong, Edmund M C ^a   Hilstad, Mark O ^a   Nolet, Simon ^a   Miller, David W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

NASA Terrestrial Planet Finder; Spacecraft Formation Flight; SPHERES

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOCKING; INTERFEROMETERS; MANEUVERABILITY; PLANETS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SATELLITES; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

MICROGRAVITY; NASA TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER; PAYLOAD SYSTEMS INC (CO); SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLIGHT;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 11144277499     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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