Formation pointing dynamics of tether-connected architecture for space interferometry

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-493

  Bombardelli, Claudio ^a   Lorenzini, Enrico C ^b   Quadrelli, Marco B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH TRAILING; PASSIVE CONTROL; POINTING DYNAMICS; TETHERED INTERFEROMETER; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; HELIOCENTRIC ORBITS; OPTICAL PATH DELAYS; SOLAR RADIATION TORQUE; SPACE INTERFEROMETRY; SPACECRAFT FORMATIONS;

GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETRY; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SPACECRAFT; VISCOELASTICITY; DYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; SPACE TETHERS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 27744444003     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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