Constellation design via projection of an arbitrary shape onto a flower constellation surface

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 430-447

  Wilkins, Matthew P ^a   Mortari, Daniele ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY SHAPES; CONSTELLATION SURFACE; GEOMETRIC SHAPES; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ASTROPHYSICS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 19644380288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Mortari, D., Wilkins, M. P., and Bruccoleri, C., "The Flower Constellations," John L. Junkins Astrodynamics Symposium, AAS Paper 03-274, College Station, TX. May 24, 2003.
2. Wilkins, M. P. and Mortari, D., "Constellation Design Using the Flower Constellations," 2004 AAS AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, AAS Paper 04-208, Maui, HI, February 8-12, 2004.
3. The Mathworks, Natick, MA, "Matlab Release 13," http: //www.mathworks.com.
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5. Snyder, J. P., "Map Projections Used by the U.S. Geological Survey," U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1532, 1982, 2nd ed.