TY - GEN
T1 - Time-varying expression of the formation flying along circular trajectories
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro
AU - Funase, Ryu
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Usually, the formation flying associated with circular orbits is discussed through the well-known Hill's or C-W equations of motion. This paper dares to present and discuss the coordinates that may contain time-varying coefficients. The discussion presents how the controller's performance is affected by the selection of coordinates, and also looks at the special coordinate suitable for designating a target bin to which each spacecraft in the formation has only to be guided. It is revealed that the latter strategy may incorporate the J2 disturbance automatically.
AB - Usually, the formation flying associated with circular orbits is discussed through the well-known Hill's or C-W equations of motion. This paper dares to present and discuss the coordinates that may contain time-varying coefficients. The discussion presents how the controller's performance is affected by the selection of coordinates, and also looks at the special coordinate suitable for designating a target bin to which each spacecraft in the formation has only to be guided. It is revealed that the latter strategy may incorporate the J2 disturbance automatically.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:60349098447
SN - 9780877035435
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 371
EP - 380
BT - Astrodynamics 2007 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
T2 - 2007 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Y2 - 19 August 2007 through 23 August 2007
ER -