Autonomous distributed control algorithm for multiple spacecraft in close proximity operations

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 5192-5206

  McCamish, Shawn B ^a,b   Romano, Marcello ^a,c,d   Yun, Xiaoping ^a,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c NPS   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY OPERATIONS; LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR (LQR);

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 37249013805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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