Navigating the road to autonomous orbital rendezvous

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 898-909

  Woffinden, David C ^a,b,c   Geller, David K ^a,c,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; NAVIGATION; ORBITS; SPACE PROBES; SPACE RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING DECISIONS; ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS; SPACE PROGRAMS;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 34548370719     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30734     Document Type: Article

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