A formation flying control algorithms for the CanX-4&5 low earth orbit nanosatellite mission

Space Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Eyer, Jesse K ^a   Damaren, Christopher J ^a   Zee, Robert E ^a   Cannon, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian advanced nanospace eXperiment; Nanosatellites; Satellite formation flying; Tracking error

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORBITS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; STATE FEEDBACK; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

NANOSATELLITES; SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING; TRACKING ERROR;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 44349157039     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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