Design and control of libration point spacecraft formations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 899-909

  Infeld, Samantha I ^a,c   Josselyn, Scott B ^b,c,d   Murray, Walter ^a   Michael Ross, I ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

CONTROL PROBLEMS; FUEL BUDGETS; LEGENDRE PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34547567089     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18654     Document Type: Article

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