Guaranteed initialization of distributed spacecraft formations

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Scharf, Daniel P ^a   Ploen, Scott R ^a   Hadaegh, Fred Y ^a   Keim, Jason A ^a   Phan, Linh H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; SPACECRAFT;

DEEP SPACE; DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFTS; FORMATION INITIALIZATION; SEARCH PROCEDURES; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER MISSIONS; UPPER BOUND;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 85086612559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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