Propellant-free control of tethered formation flight, part 1: Linear control and experimentation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-584

  Chung, Soon Jo ^a,c   Miller, David W ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; GYROSCOPES; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROPELLANTS;

CONTROL STRATEGY; RELATIVE SENSING MECHANISM;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 44649150497     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.32188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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