Calculating collision probability for arbitrary space-vehicle shapes via numerical quadrature

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1326-1328

  Patera, Russell P ^a,b,c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PROBABILITY;

COLLISION PROBABILITY; HARDBODY SHAPES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 28444449123     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14526     Document Type: Article

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