A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control (Part II): Control

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2976-2985

  Scharf, Daniel P ^a   Hadaegh, Fred Y ^a   Ploen, Scott R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; SPACECRAFT; TELECOMMUNICATION CONTROL;

FORMATION FLYING CONTROL (FFC); MULTI-VEHICLE CONTROL; VIRTUAL RIGID BODY;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 8744314691     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/acc.2004.1384365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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