Orion: A low-cost demonstration of formation flying in space using GPS

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 276-286

  How, Jonathan P ^a   Twiggst, Robert ^b   Weidowf, David ^c   Hartmanf, Kathy ^c   Bauer, Frank ^c  

^a 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATTITUDE CONTROL; COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); MICRO SATELLITES; ORBITS;

CARRIER-PHASE DIFFERENTIAL GPS; COORDINATED ATTITUDE CONTROLS; FORMATION INITIALIZATION; RELATIVE NAVIGATION; RELATIVE POSITION AND ATTITUDE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84983119760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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