Spacecraft formation flying : dynamics, control, and navigation

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Spacecraft formation flying : dynamics, control, and navigation

Kyle T. Alfriend ... [et al.]

(Elsevier astrodynamics series)

Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2010

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Space agencies are now realizing that much of what has previously been achieved using hugely complex and costly single platform projects-large unmanned and manned satellites (including the present International Space Station)-can be replaced by a number of smaller satellites networked together. The key challenge of this approach, namely ensuring the proper formation flying of multiple craft, is the topic of this second volume in Elsevier's Astrodynamics Series, Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, control and navigation. In this unique text, authors Alfriend et al. provide a coherent discussion of spacecraft relative motion, both in the unperturbed and perturbed settings, explain the main control approaches for regulating relative satellite dynamics, using both impulsive and continuous maneuvers, and present the main constituents required for relative navigation. The early chapters provide a foundation upon which later discussions are built, making this a complete, standalone offering. Intended for graduate students, professors and academic researchers in the fields of aerospace and mechanical engineering, mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, Spacecraft Formation Flying is a technical yet accessible, forward-thinking guide to this critical area of astrodynamics.

Table of Contents

COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND ORBITAL MECHANICS NONLINEAR MODELS OF RELATIVE DYNAMICS LINEAR EQUATIONS OF RELATIVE MOTION MODELLING RELATIVE MOTION USING ORBITAL ELEMENTS PERTURBATION MITIGATION SPACECRAFT FORMATION CONTROL MEASUREMENT AND NAVIGATION SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, FUTUTRE PROSPECTS

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  • NCID
    BB04979172
  • ISBN
    • 9780750685337
    • 9780080977997
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 382 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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