A generalized framework for autonomous formation reconfiguration of multiple spacecraft

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 397-406

  Walls, Jamie ^a   Howard, Ayanna ^b   Homaifar, Abdollah ^a   Kimiaghalam, Bahram ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA ACIT Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACE RESEARCH; VELOCITY CONTROL;

COOPERATIVE AUTONOMOUS CONTROL (CAC); FLYING CONTROL; FLYING MISSIONS; MULTIPLE SPACECRAFTS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33751541179     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2005.1559332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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