Formation flying control in eccentric orbits

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Tillerson, Michael ^a   How, Jonathan P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ORBITS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONTROL PROBLEMS; ECCENTRIC REFERENCE ORBITS; FORMATION FLYING CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; LINEARIZED DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; OVERALL CONTROLS;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85086492788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-4092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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