Control of hovering spacecraft near small bodies: Application to asteroid 25143 Itokawa

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-354

  Broschart, Stephen B ^a,b   Scheeres, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MANEUVERABILITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ACTIVE CONTROL; ASTEROIDS; CELESTIAL BODIES; COMETS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 15744391647     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.3890     Document Type: Article

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