Distributed control of formation flying spacecraft built on OA

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Breger, Louis ^b   Ferguson, Philip ^b   How, Jonathan P ^b   Thomas, Stephanie ^b   Mcloughlin, Terence ^a   Campbell, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FAULT DETECTION; MAGNETOSPHERE; MIDDLEWARE; NAVIGATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TESTBEDS;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFTS; FORMATION FLYING SPACECRAFT; HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING; TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES; TRAJECTORY PLANNING;

ORBITS;

EID: 85085777954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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