Autonomous formation flying at DLR'S German Space Operations Center (GSOC)

International Astronautical Federation - 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 6090-6100

  Rupp, Thomas ^a   D'Amico, Simone ^a   Montenbruck, Oliver ^a   Gill, Eberhard ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PLATFORMS; SPACECRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS FORMATION FLYINGS; AUTONOMOUS ORBIT CONTROLS; AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES; CONTROL ACCURACIES; COST EFFICIENCIES; FORMATION FLYINGS; GERMAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTERS; GPS RECEIVER TECHNOLOGIES; GRACE MISSIONS; GROUND CONTROLS; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; NEW CLASSES; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES; PRE-REQUISITES; RADAR SATELLITES; RELATIVE NAVIGATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; SATELLITE FORMATIONS; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SPACE BORNE; SPACE COOPERATIONS; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACECRAFT AUTONOMIES; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES; VIRTUAL SATELLITES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 55849150870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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