Spaceborne autonomous relative control system for dual satellite formations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1859-1870

  Ardaens, Jean Sábastien ^a,b   D'Amico, Simone ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b German Space Operations Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

AUTONOMOUS FORMATION FLYINGS; CONTROL PERFORMANCE; DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFTS; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION , AND CONTROLS; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; NEAR-CIRCULAR ORBITS; SATELLITE FORMATIONS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ORBITS;

EID: 72149100778     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.42855     Document Type: Article

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