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<p>htdb2wiki: creating page for 2001a_kmmm01-gnc.html</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{HTDB paper<br /> | authors = W. S. Koon, J. E. Marsden, J. Masdemont and R. M. Murray<br /> | title = J2 Dynamics and Formation Flight<br /> | source = Submitted, 2001 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference<br /> | year = 2001<br /> | type = Conference <br /> Paper<br /> | funding = AFOSR<br /> | url = http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/preprints/kmmm01-gnc.pdf<br /> | abstract = <br /> We study the dynamics of the relative motion of<br /> satellites in the gravitational field of the Earth, including<br /> the effects of the bulge of the Earth (the $J_2$ effect). Using<br /> Routh reduction and dynamical systems ideas, a method is found<br /> that locates orbits such that the cluster of satellites remains<br /> close with very little dispersing, even with no controls. The use of<br /> controls in the context of this natural dynamics is studied to maintain and<br /> achieve precision formations.<br /> | flags = <br /> | tag = kmmm01-gnc<br /> | id = 2001a<br /> }}</div>

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