Dynamics of a multi-tethered satellite formation

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1369-1391

  Pizarro Chong, A ^a   Misra, A K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; PROPELLANTS; SATELLITES;

GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY; HUB-AND-SPOKE CONFIGURATION; MAGNETOSPHERIC STUDIES; MULTI-TETHERED SATELLITE; SPACE INTERFEROMETRY;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 19644374933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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