Optimization of a tetrahedral satellite formation

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 909-924

  Clemente, Daniel Chavez ^a,c   Atkins, Ella M ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^d Space Systems Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE FORMATION; SATELLITE ORBITS; VIRTUAL RIGID BODY (VRB);

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 19644366175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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