Partial J2-invariance for spacecraft formations

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 4085-4093

  Breger, Louis ^a   How, Jonathan P ^a   Alfriend, Kyle T ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FUELS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

DRIFT; INITIAL CONDITIONS (IC); WIDELY SPACED ORBITS;

INVARIANCE;

EID: 33845750109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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