Solutions to the variational equations for relative motion of satellites

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 669-678

  Lee, D ^a,b   Cochran Jr , J E ^a,b   Jo, J H ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 211 Aerospace Engineering Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAJECTORIES;

ELLIPTIC ORBITS; ORBITAL ELEMENTS; TRANSITION MATRIX; VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 34249820274     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.24373     Document Type: Article

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