Spacecraft formation dynamics and design

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Guibout, V M ^a,b   Scheeres, D J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HAMILTONIANS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATION; SPACECRAFT FORMATION DYNAMICS; VECTOR FIELD;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 32544432981     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13002     Document Type: Review

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