An innovative deep space application of GPS technology for formation flying spacecraft

1996 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-17

  Lau, Kenneth ^a   Lichten, Stephen ^a   Young, Lawrence ^a   Haines, Bruce ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; SATELLITES;

ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT; AUTONOMOUS FORMATION FLYING SENSORS; DEEP-SPACE APPLICATIONS; FORMATION FLYING SPACECRAFT; GPS TECHNOLOGIES; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE ATTITUDE; RELATIVE POSITION AND ATTITUDE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84894009823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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