Decentralized coordinated attitude control within a formation of spacecraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1101-1109

  Vandyke, Matthew C ^a,b,c,d   Hall, Christopher D ^b,d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

BEHAVIOR-BASED CONTROL; CLOSED-LOOP EQUATIONS; COORDINATION ARCHITECTURE; SPACECRAFT FORMATION;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33749610162     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.17857     Document Type: Article

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