Decentralized control of satellite clusters under limited communication

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-145

  Belanger, Gene M ^a,d   Ananyev, Slava ^a,e   Speyer, Jason L ^a,d,f   Chichka, David F ^b,d,g   Carpenter, J Russell ^c,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^g Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

^h Mission Engineering Systems Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

CONTROL LAW; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; SATELLITE CLUSTER;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 32544437502     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13233     Document Type: Review

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