Navigation accuracy guidelines for orbital formation flying

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Carpenter, J Russell ^a   Alfriend, Kyle T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; MISSION CONFIGURATIONS; NAVIGATION ACCURACY; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RELATIVE NAVIGATION; SATELLITE FORMATIONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 85086615723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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