Designing natural formations of low-earth-orbiting satellites

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 860-868

  Palmer, Phil ^a   Halsall, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); SATELLITES;

ANALYTIC MODELING; CONTROL REQUIREMENTS; EARTH'S OBLATENESS; GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS; LONG-TERM MAINTENANCES; LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; NATURAL FORMATIONS; PROJECTED SHAPES;

ORBITS;

EID: 67149099288     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39631     Document Type: Article

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