Space vehicle conflict-avoidance analysis

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 492-498

  Patera, Russell P ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MANEUVERABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COLLISION RISK REDUCTION; CONFLICT AVOIDANCE ANALYSIS; CONFLICT PROBABILITY; SPACE VEHICLES;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33947667475     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.24067     Document Type: Article

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