Design, performance and modeling considerations for close formation flight

23rd Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 476-486

  Blake, William ^a   Multhopp, Dieter ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84983103360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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