On the optimal deployment and retrieval of tethered satellites

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Williams, Paul ^a   Trivailo, Pavel ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; PROPULSION;

CONTROL OBJECTIVES; OPTIMAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT; OPTIMALITY CRITERIA; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; TETHERED SATELLITE; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85088005184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-4291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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