What is it about?
This paper explains how to plan optimal impulsive maneuvers for formation reconfiguration using a powerful state representation based on relative orbit elements
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Why is it important?
The resulting control algorithms are extremely simple, deterministic, fuel efficient and have been deployed on a number of satellite formations in low Earth orbit, namely GRACE, PRISMA, and TanDEM-X
Perspectives
This paper extends my PhD work on impulsive relative motion control and prepares for new upcoming formation-flying missions
Prof Simone D'Amico
Stanford University
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This page is a summary of: Impulsive Maneuvers for Formation Reconfiguration Using Relative Orbital Elements, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, June 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.g000189.
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