Symposium Papers
The papers included here have been
presented in summary form at the Flight Mechanics Symposium held
October 28-30, 2003, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. For
completeness, abstracts have been included for those papers that were
presented but unavailable at the time of printing. The papers in this
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Session
1: Trajectory
Design and Computation Techniques
Session 2:
Formation Flying and
Constellations
Session 3:
Navigation and Orbit
Determination
Session 4:
Attitude Dynamics &
Control
Session 5:
Attitude Estimation &
Computational Techniques
Session 6:
Sensor Calibration &
Mission Experience
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Comparisons
of Two Station-keeping Strategies for Ionic Propulsion Systems,
J. Chan, A. Ariasti and S. Hur-Diaz (INTELSAT Global Service
Corporation) |
| 2 |
TOPEX/Poseidon
Orbit Transfer Maneuver (TOTM) Design and Mission Operation, L.
Ling, S. Graham, A. Soroosh, E. Paredes, R. Ahmadi and M. Vincent
(Raytheon ITSS Corporation) and A. Salama (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
| 3 |
Impacts
of Low Altitude on STS-110 Rendezvous, J. Edelen and G. Pool
(United Space Alliance) |
| 4 |
Application
of the V-Gamma Map to Vehicle Breakup Analysis, A. Salama (Jet
Propulsion Laboratory), A. McRonald (Global Aerospace), and R. Ahmadi,
L. Ling, E. Accad and A. Kim (Raytheon ITSS Corporation) |
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A
Variational Technique for Spacecraft Trajectory Planning, C.
Henshaw (Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.) and R. Sanner
(University of Maryland) |
| 6 |
Schuler
Period in LEO Satellites, J. Carpenter (GSFC) and I.
Bar-Itzhack (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) |
| 7 |
Robotic
Testbed for Simulating Spacecraft Relative Motion, K. Ho, G. Piper,
J. Watkins and J. Piepmeier (United States Naval Academy) |
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Tetrahedron
Formation Control, J. Guzmán (a.i. solutions, Inc.) |
| 2 |
Maneuver
and Trajectory Design for the ST5 Mission Constellation, M.
Concha (GSFC) |
| 3 |
Formation
Flying: Collision Assessment, Pre-emptive Maneuvers and Safe Haven
Parking, K. Chan (The Aerospace Corporation) |
| 4 |
Design
and Control of Formations Near the Libration Points of the
Sun-Earth/Moon Ephemeris System, K. Howell and B. Marchand
(Purdue University) |
| 5 |
A
Study on the Effects of J2 Perturbations on a Drag-Free Control System
for Spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit, M. Vess and S. Starin (GSFC)
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Investigation
of Solar Pressure Effects at Iridium Mission Altitude and Solar Sailing
Mitigation Techniques, G. Dixon, W. Boyce III and R. Shepperd
(Boeing Satellite Operations & Ground Systems) |
| 7 |
Formation
Tetrahedron Design for Phase I of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Mission, S. Hughes (GSFC) |
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Relative
Navigation Algorithms forPhase I of the MMS Formation, D.
Kelbel, A. Long and T. Lee (CSC), and R. Carpenter and C. Gramling
(GSFC) |
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A
Fast Method for Prediction of Crosslink Loss and Acquisition,
W. Boyce III (Boeing Satellite Operations & Ground Systems) |
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Integrating
Equations of Motion as an Optimization Problem, J. Carr (Carr
Astronautics Corporation) |
| 2 |
Long-Range Solar Activity
Predictions: A Reprieve from Cycle #24’s Activity, K. Schatten
(a.i. solutions, Inc.) |
| 3 |
Navigation
Concepts for the James Webb Space Telescope, A. Long, D. Leung
and D. Kelbel (CSC), and M. Beckman and C. Gramling (GSFC) |
| 4 |
GPS
Navigation Results from the Low Power Transceiver (LPT) CANDOS
Experiment on STS-107, L. Haas, C. Massey and D. Baraban (ITT),
D. Kelbel, T. Lee and A. Long (CSC), and J. Carpenter (GSFC) |
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Operational
Improvements of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Postmaneuver
Solutions, D. Ward (CSC) |
| 6 |
GPS-based
Precision Orbit Determination for a New Era of Altimeter Satellites:
JASON-1 and ICESat, S. Luthcke, D. Rowlands and F. Lemoine
(GSFC), and N. Zelensky and T. William (Raytheon ITSS Corporation) |
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ICESat
Laser Altimeter Pointing, Ranging and Timing Calibration from
Integrated Residual Analysis: Early Mission Results, S.
Luthcke, D. Rowlands and D. Harding (GSFC), J. Bufton (GSFC, ret.), C.
Carabajal (NVI Inc.), and T. Williams (Raytheon ITSS Corporation) |
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Orbit
Determination of the TIMED Mission Using TDRSS Differenced One-Way
Doppler Tracking Data, G. Marr (GSFC), M. Maher, M. Blizzard
and A. Showell (Honeywell Technical Services, Inc.), and M. Asher and
W. Devereux (JHU/APL) |
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Behavior
of Spinning Space Vehicles with Onboard Liquids, C. Hubert
(Hubert Astronautics, Inc.) |
| 2 |
The
Distributed Spacecraft Attitude Control System Simulator: Development,
Progress, Plans, J. Schwartz and C. Hall (Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University) |
| 3 |
Disturbance
Reduction Control Design for the ST7 Flight Validation Experiment,
P. Maghami, O. Hsu, F. Markley and M. Houghton (GSFC) |
| 4 |
Thruster
Limitation Considerations for Formation Flying Control, Y. Xu
and N. Fitz-Coy (University of Florida) and P. Mason (GSFC) |
| 5 |
Thruster
Placement Issues and Possible Mitigation Methods for the ST7
Disturbance Reduction System, O. Hsu, P. Maghami, F. Markley
and M. Houghton (GSFC) |
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Stability
of Boomed Spacecraft Configurations During Atmospheric Dipping Campaigns,
J. Schultz (University of Maryland) |
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Uncertainty
Models for Physically Realizable Inertia Dyadics, M. Peck
(Honeywell Space Systems) |
| 2 |
Definitions,
Metrics, and Algorithms for Displacement, Jitter, and Stability,
M. Pittelkau (JHU/APL) |
| 3 |
Estimation
of the Parameters of an Attitude Dynamics Model Using Flight Data,
M. Psiaki (Cornell University) |
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Attitude
Estimation or Quaternion Estimation?, F. Markley (GSFC) |
| 5 |
TIMED
GPS Attitude Determination Experiment, M. Asher and E. Olsen
(JHU/APL) |
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Effect
of Variations in IRU Integration Time Interval on Accuracy of Aqua
Attitude Estimation, G. Natanson (CSC) |
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Gyroless
Attitude and Rate Estimation Algorithms for the FUSE Spacecraft,
R. Harman and J. Thienel (GSFC), and Y. Oshman (Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology) |
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Measurement
Sensitivity Equations in Attitude Determination, M. Pittelkau
(JHU/APL) |
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Maximum
Likelihood Estimation of Stability Parameters for the Standard
Gyroscope Error Model, R. Reynolds (Spectrum Astro, Inc.) |
| 2 |
Improved
Fine Sun Sensor Field of View Calibration, J. Sedlak and J.
Hashmall (CSC) |
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Nonlinear
Observers for Gyro Calibration, J. Thienel (GSFC) and R. Sanner
(University of Maryland) |
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Star
Tracker Error Characteristics and Their Compensation Techniques,
Y. Wu and R. Li (Boeing Satellite Systems) |
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Real-Time
Attitude-Independent Three-Axis Magnetometer Calibration, J.
Crassidis and K. Lai (SUNY, University at Buffalo), and R. Harman (GSFC) |
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Application
of a Semiparametric Statistical Method to Spacecraft Sensor and
Calibration Data, B. Kedem (UMd), and J. Thienel and R. Harman
(GSFC) |
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Earth
Observing System (EOS) Aqua Launch and Early Mission Attitude Support
Experiences, J. Glickman, J. Hashmall, G. Natanson and J.
Sedlak (CSC), and D. Tracewell (GSFC) |
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An
Algorithm for Converting Static Earth Sensor Measurements Into Earth
Observation Vectors, J. Hashmall and J. Sedlak (CSC) |
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