Optimal satellite transfers using relative motion dynamics

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1508-1518

  Ketema, Yohannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITAL TRANSFER;

FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; INERTIAL FRAMES; NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PARALLEL PLANES; REFERENCE FRAME; RELATIVE MOTION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE ORBIT; TRACK DIRECTION;

ORBITS;

EID: 72149111655     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.42847     Document Type: Article

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