Optimal planner for spacecraft formations in elliptical orbits

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-171

  Zanon, Darren J ^a   Campbell, Mark E ^a,b,c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; HAMILTON-JACOBI-BELLMAN FORMULATION; OPTIMAL PLANNER;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 32544432214     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7236     Document Type: Article

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