Interspacecraft communications architectures for formation flying

Space Technology Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Stadter, P A ^a   Devereux, W S ^a   Denissen, R A ^a   Duven, D J ^a   Asher, M S ^a   Weidow, D A ^b   Folta, D C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFTS; FORMATION FLYING SYSTEMS; INTER-SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION; LOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS; MULTI-POINT OBSERVATION; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT INTERACTIONS;

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 85088194275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-4490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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