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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 382 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Elsevier astrodynamics series |
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Elsevier astrodynamics series.
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| Summary |
Spacecraft formation flying (SFF) is of huge importance to the aerospace and space community. Not the stuff of science-fiction, SFF involves flying multiple small satellites together, to deliver benefits which far outweigh a single larger craft or space station. The first autonomous formation flying earth science mission was in 196 and NASA now has 35 SFF mission sets. By networking several smaller and cheaper craft, scientists can make simultaneous measurements that enable higher resolution astronomical imagery, provide robust and fault-tolerant spacecraft system architectures, and enable complex earth science and space science networks dispersed over clusters of satellites in space. This is the first book to introduce and explore SFF. It is a topic of enormous importance to aerospace engineers, astrodynamicists, satellite engineers, astronomers, physicists, and applied mathematicions. This book provides a complete introduction to the subject and is supported by graduate level student exercises plus Matlab and Maple code sets for running SFF simulations. * The first book dedicated to spacecraft formation flying which is the enabling element of distributed spacecraft systems * Written by the leading researchers and teachers in the field; perfect for research and graduate students * Accompanied by Matlab and Maple code sets and exercises for graduate level students of aerospace science, astrodynamics and orbital mechanics. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- APPENDICES. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Space flight.
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Space vehicles.
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Space Flight |
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Spacecraft |
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Vol spatial.
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Véhicules spatiaux.
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spacecraft.
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Space flight
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Space vehicles
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Raumfahrzeug
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| Added Author |
Alfriend, K. Terry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spacecraft formation flying. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010 9780750685337 0750685336 (OCoLC)171553343 |
| ISBN |
9780750685337 |
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0750685336 |
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9780080559650 (electronic bk.) |
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0080559654 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000045964018 |
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CHDSB 005985440 |
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DEBBG BV039827503 |
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DEBSZ 367763931 |
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NZ1 15187992 |
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