Optimal reconfiguration of spacecraft formations using the gauss pseudospectral method

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 689-698

  Huntington, Geoffrey T ^a,c,d   Rao, Anil V ^b,c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GAUSS PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; OPTIMAL MISSION DESIGN; OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATION;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 44649106352     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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