FOREWORD    vii

PREFACE    ix

SECTION I: ADVANCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL    1

Enhanced Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control for Lockheed Martin’s A2100 Spacecraft (AAS 00-001), N. Goodzeit, M. Patel and H. Weigl    3

The Two-Step Optimal Estimator and Example Applications (AAS 00-002), N. Jeremy Kasdin    15

Test Results for the Automated Rendezvous and Capture System (AAS 00-003), Craig A. Cruzen, James J. Lomas and Richard W. Dabney    35

Lost-in-Space: A Star Pattern Recognition and Attitude Estimation Approach for the Case of No Prior Attitude Information (AAS 00-004), Gwanghyoek Ju, Hye-Young Kim, Thomas C. Pollock, John L. Junkins, Jer-Nan Juang and Daniele Mortari    57

Design, Implementation, and Flight Results for All-Stellar Attitude Determination (AAS 00-005), Jim D. Chapel, Stephen M. Micciche and Richard Kiessig    73

Attitude Dynamics of the Genesis Spacecraft (AAS 00-006), Carl Hubert    91

Fire Control Design for High Energy (Laser) Systems (AAS 00-007), Timothy J. Schneeberger, S. M. Seltzer and Robert Van Allen    105

SECTION II: FORMATION FLYING AND CONSTELLATIONS    117

A Projection Approach to Spacecraft Formation Attitude Control
(AAS 00-011), Jonathan Lawton, Randal W. Beard and Fred Y. Hadaegh    119

Gravitational Perturbations, Nonlinearity and Circular Orbit Assumption Effects on Formation Flying Control Strategies (AAS 00-012), Kyle T. Alfriend, Hanspeter Schaub and Dong-Woo Gim    139

Nonlinear Dynamics, Trajectory Generation, and Adaptive Control of Multiple Spacecraft in Periodic Relative Orbits (AAS 00-013), Qiguo Yan, Guang Yang, Vikram Kapila and Marcio S. de Queiroz    159

Validating a Formation Flying Control System Design:  The GRACE Project Experience (AAS 00-014), H. D. Stevens, Jack Rodden, Phil Morton and Matthias Fehrenbach    175

A Tethered Formation Flying Concept for the SPECS Mission (AAS 00-015), David A. Quinn and David C. Folta    183

Project Orion: Carrier Phase Differential GPS Navigation for Formation Flying (AAS 00-016), Franz D. Busse, Gokhan Inalhan and Jonathan P. How    197

Mode and Logic-Based Switching for the Formation Flying Control of Multiple Spacecraft (AAS 00-017), Mehran Mesbahi and Fred Y. Hadaegh    213

SECTION III: GUIDANCE AND CONTROL ISSUES  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION    241

Evolution of International Space Station GN&C System Across ISS Assembly Stages (AAS 00-021), Roscoe Lee    243

International Space Station Assembly and Operation Control Challenges (AAS 00-022), Nazareth Bedrossian    259

Studies on the Attitude Control System Design for the Crew Return Vehicle (X38) (AAS 00-025), K. Abdel-Motagaly, O. Rombout, R. Gonzalez, K. Berrier, D. Hasan, D. Strack and B. Rishikof    281

Thermal Radiator Pointing for International Space Station (AAS 00-026), Scott A. Green    297

Command Level Maneuver Optimization for the International Space Station (AAS 00-027), Gregory E. Chamitoff, Adam L. Dershowitz and Amy L. Bryson    311

SECTION IV: GUIDANCE AND CONTROL STORYBOARD DISPLAYS    327

Adaptation of a Spaceborne Geolocation System to Airborne Experiments (AAS 00-031), Alan S. Hope, Henry M. Pickard and Jay W. Middour    329

Nanosol – A Next Generation Sun Sensor (AAS 00-032), John Glaberson    347

The TERMA Star Tracker for the NEMO Satellite (AAS 00-034), L. Maresi, T. Paulsen, R. Noteborn, O. Mikkelsen and R. Nielsen    355

A Cost Effective, High Reliable RWA Solution to a Commercial Market Demand (AAS 00-035), Terance Marshall, Mitchell Fletcher and Joseph Zuckerbrow    365

Redundant Launch Vehicle Guidance (AAS 00-036), R. Joe Wright    379

Radiation Hardened Power PC 603e^TM Space Processor (AAS 00-037), Robert D. Campbell, Richard F. Elmhurst and Gary R. Brown    387

ARU Architectural Solutions for Long Life Satellite Missions (AAS 00-038), Edward C. Moulton, Robert H. Fall and Thomas G. Stottlar    403

Turbo-Charged Torqwheels^TM (AAS 00-041), Bill Bialke     415

Progress of Fiber Optic Gyroscope Development for Space Applications (AAS 00-043), James Goodwin, Pei-hwa Lo, Mark Mariak and Ming Yu    425

SOHO: Loss and Recovery 1998, Gyroless 1999 (AAS 00-044), A. van Overbeek    433

A Novel New GEO Earth Sensor Provides High Accuracy (AAS 00-045), George Rullman, Richard Burton and Len Anderson     447

The Design and Operation of a COTS Space GPS Receiver (AAS 00-046), Martin J. Unwin and Michael K. Oldfield    465

Rocket Sounding Balloon Experimental Section 2000 (AAS 00-049), Kenneth Dalton, Gretchen England, Justin Eisenach, Chris Kilzer, Thanh Tran and Echezona Onwuatuegwu    475

In Flight Performance of the ZARM Magnetic Torquers MT80-1/MT140-2 Flown on the ABRIXAS Mission (AAS 00-050), Matthias Wiegand, Oliver Matthews, Peter Offterdinger and H. J. Rath    483

SECTION V: GNC TECHNOLOGY FOR MICRO/NANO  SPACECRAFT    497

Formation Flying and Relative Navigation – A Nanosatellite Research Mission (AAS 00-061), Frank R. Chavez and David K. Schmidt    499

MEMS Rate Sensors for Space (AAS 00-062), Joel Gambino    515

Dynamics and Control of Nanosatellite ASUSat1 (AAS 00-063), Brian K. Underhill, Assi Friedman and Helen L. Reed    523

Attitude Control – An Afterthought: The MightySat I Experience (AAS 00-064), Jeff Benton and Thomas Itchkawich     541

MEMS-Based GN&C Sensors and Actuators for Micro/Nano Satellites (AAS 00-065), J. Connelly, N. Dennehy, P. Hattis, W. Johnson, D. Sargent and M. Socha    561

Digital Reaction Wheel Assembly RSI 01-5 for Small and Low-Cost Spacecraft (AAS 00-066), Armin Landes and Stephen Böttcher-Arff    577

An Attitude Control System for an ASAP5-Launched Interplanetary Spacecraft (AAS 00-067), Tobin Anthony and Bhavesh Patel    589

Section VI: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL    601

Autonomous Orbit Control: Initial Flight Results From UoSAT-12 (AAS 00-071), James R. Wertz, Jeffrey L. Cloots, John T. Collins, Simon D. Dawson, Gwynne Gurevich, Brian K. Sato and L. Jane Hansen    603

Fuel Optimization During Mars Global Surveyor Aerobraking (AAS 00-072), Stuart R. Spath and Dave F. Eckart    615

QuikSCAT Attitude Control System Initialization and Early On-Orbit Operations (AAS 00-073), Dan Hegel and Scott Mitchell    629

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Pointing Control System Performance During Transfer Orbit and Initial On-Orbit Operations (AAS 00-074), Peter Quast, Frank Tung, John Wider and Mark West    647

The Recovery of TOMS-EP (AAS 00-076), Brent Robertson, Phil Sabelhaus, Todd Mendenhall and Lorraine Fesq    665

Operational Experiences With Globalstar Constellation Control and Stationkeeping Using Solar Radiation Pressure (AAS 00-077), Lee Barker and Benjamin Lange    687

APPENDICES    697

Publications of the American Astronautical Society    698

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences     699
Science and Technology Series    706
AAS History Series    713

INDEX    715

Numerical Index    717
 
 

Author Index    720