Optimal formation-reconfiguration for multiple spacecraft

1998 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 686-696

  Wang, P K C ^a   Hadaegh, F Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION;

COST FUNCTIONALS; DISTURBANCE FORCE; FORMATION RECONFIGURATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; OPTIMAL FORMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PERMUTATION CYCLE; PERMUTATION GROUP;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84959140359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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