Evaluation and comparison of relative motion theories

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 254-261

  Alfriend, K T ^a   Yan, H ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HAMILTONIANS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

DIFFERENTIAL GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS; ORBIT ECCENTRICITY; RELATIVE MOTION THEORY; STATE TRANSITION MATRIX;

SATELLITES;

EID: 15744391411     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6691     Document Type: Article

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