Ellipso™ gear array coordinated elliptical / circular constellations

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Proulx, Ronald ^a   Smith, James ^b   Draim, John ^c   Cefola, Paul ^a  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c ELLIPSO Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID CONSTELLATIONS; RELATIVE MOTION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 85086053239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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