Orbital design of Earth-oriented tethered satellite formations

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-64

  Tragesser, Steven G ^a,b   Tuncay, Ayhan ^c  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   (United States)

^c Air Force Institute of Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; RIGI BODY EQUILIBRIA; SPIN AXIS; TETHERED SATELLITE FORMATIONS; BASELINE DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; LUMPED MASS MODEL; RIGID BODY; TETHERED SATELLITE; TETHERED SYSTEMS; THREE PARAMETERS;

EARTH (PLANET); LYAPUNOV METHODS; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASTRONOMY;

SATELLITES; ORBITS;

EID: 30344464968     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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