Estimating geometric aspects of relative satellite motion using angles-only measurements

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schmidt, Jason ^a   Lovell, Thomas Alan ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTESIANS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; MANEUVERING MOTION; RELATIVE SATELLITE MOTION; RELATIVE-ORBIT ELEMENTS; SATELLITE DYNAMICS; TRAJECTORY-BASED; UNOBSERVABLE;

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOMETRY;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77950340593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Clohessy, W. H., and Wiltshire, R. S., "Terminal Guidance System for Satellite Rendezvous", Journal of the Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 9, 1960, pp. 653-658.
3. Hill, G. W. "Researches in the Lunar Theory," American Journal of Mathematics, Volume 1, 1878, pp. 5-26.
4. Lovell, T. A., and Tragesser, S. G., "Guidance for Relative Motion of Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft Based on Relative Orbit Elements," AIAA Paper 2004-4988, presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Providence, RI, Aug 16-19, 2004.