Tether assisted rendezvous for satellites with small relative inclinations

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 683-693

  Blanksby, Chris ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Trivailo, Pavel ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

GUIDANCE ALGORITHM; LEGENDRE PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; PAYLOAD; TETHER SIMULATION MODELS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 22344446896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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