Formation flying within a constellation of nano-satellites: The QB50 mission

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-117

  Gill, E ^a   Sundaramoorthy, P ^a   Bouwmeester, J ^a   Zandbergen, B ^a   Reinhard, R ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CubeSat; Distributed systems; Formation flying; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

CUBESAT; DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FORMATION FLYING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; NANO-SATELLITES; PROPULSION SYSTEM;

PROPULSION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84869082488     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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