Relative trajectory analysis of dissimilar formation flying spacecraft

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 114 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 531-543

  Balaji, Shankar K ^a   Tatnall, Adrian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; VECTORS;

RENDEZVOUS ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION MATRIX;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 1542330039     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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