Optimal control of a spinning double-pyramid Earth-pointing tethered formation

AIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 4243-4271

  Williams, Paul ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH;

EARTH-POINTING OBSERVATION MISSIONS; ORBIT NORMAL;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 40749148081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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