Challenges and prospects of Coulomb spacecraft formation control

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 169-193

  Schaub, Hanspeter ^a   Parker, Gordon G ^b   King, Lyon B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR ORBITS; COULOMB FORCES; FUEL EFFICIENCY; LINEAR MOMENTUM; ORBIT ELEMENT DIFFERENCES; COULOMB SPACECRAFT FORMATION; INTER-SPACECRAFT COULOMB FORCES; LONG DURATION MISSIONS; SATELLITE FORMATIONS; SEPARATED SPACECRAFT INTERFEROMETRY; SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING; SPACECRAFT FORMATIONS;

BANDWIDTH; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTROSTATICS; FEEDBACK; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; ION PROPULSION; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; SENSORS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ATTITUDE CONTROL; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SPACECRAFT; ORBITS;

EID: 14744298164     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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