Stabilization of satellite motion relative to a Coulomb spacecraft formation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1231-1239

  Schaub, Hanspeter ^a,b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ORBITS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCES; SATURATION CONSTRAINTS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 28444446353     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8577     Document Type: Article

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