Spaceborne autonomous formation flying experiment on the PRISMA mission

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  D'Amico, S ^a   Ardaens, J S ^a   Larsson, R ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS FORMATION FLYINGS; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION , AND CONTROLS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MISSION OPERATIONS; ON-ORBIT SERVICING; RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84874826974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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