Spacecraft Formation Control : Managing Line-of-Sight Drift Based on the Dynamics of Relative Motion
- Author:
- Luquette, Richard J.
- Published:
- April 23, 2008.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Sammer. Robert M.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- In a quest to improve space-based observational capability, an increasing number of investigators are proposing missions with precision formation flying architectures. Typical missions include the Micro- Arcsecond X-ray Imaging Mission (MAXIM), Stellar Imager (SI), and the New Worlds Observer (NWO). Missions designed to explore targets in deep-space generally require holding a formation configuration fixed in inertial space during science observation. Analysis in this paper is specifically aimed at the NWO architecture, characterizing the natural drift of the line-of-sight and the separation range for two spacecraft operating in the vicinity of the Earth/Moon-Sun L(sub 2) libration point. Analysis employs a linear form of the relative dynamics associated with an n-body gravity field. The study is designed to identify favorable observation directions, characterized by minimal line-of-sight drift, along the mission timeline.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20080039269. and 3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying Missions and Technologies; 23-25 Apr. 2008; Noordwijk; Netherlands.
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- Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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