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FOREWORD    vii

PREFACE    ix

OPENING CEREMONY    1

Opening Welcome Statement (AAS 01-500), Gregory W. Withee    3

Retrospects and Prospects for ISCOPS (AAS 01-501), Ryojiro Akiba    5

Congratulations on the 9th ISCOPS (AAS 01-502), Liu Jiyuan    11

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS    13

The National Space Program of Japan (AAS 01-503), Kuninori Uesugi    15

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION    33

Obstacle Detection for Autonomous Landing of Spacecraft Using Multiple Images (AAS 01-510), NAITO Tomoyuki    35

Experiment of Laminar Flow Control With the Use of Luminescent Paint (AAS 01-512), Satoshi Awamura and Hirotoshi Kubota (Supervisor)    47

Experimental and Theoretical Study on Elastic Aeroshells in Supersonic Flow (AAS 01-513), Kazuhiko Yamada    57

Periodic Orbits in Rotating 2nd Degree and Order Gravity Fields (AAS 01-514), W. Hu and D. J. Scheeres    63

Study of Low-Cost Orbit Determination System for Tethered Satellites (AAS 01-515), Yuji Sakamoto and Tetsuo Yasaka    79

ASTRODYNAMICS, GUIDANCE AND CONTROL (Including Space Robotics and Ground Operations)    99

Minimum Fuel Trajectories for Sample-Return Mission Using Solar Electric Propulsion (AAS 01-516), Seiya Ueno and Ryunosuke Maruyama    101

Parametric Dynamical Study of a Novel Manipulator (AAS 01-517), J. Zhang, V. J. Modi and C. W. de Silva    115

Behavior of Small Restitution Mechanism Under Microgravity Environment (AAS 01-518), Shujiro Sawai, Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Takashi Kubota, Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Hideaki Izutsu and Takafumi Murakami    137

An Object Oriented Architecture for Flight Dynamics Mission Support (AAS 01-519), Polamraju Rajendra Prasad and Hélio Koiti Kuga    147

Design and Verification of a Satellite Attitude Control System for Sub-Arcsecond Pointing Stability (AAS 01-520), Koetsu Fujiwara, Naoto Ogura, Yasuyuki Haruna, Keiken Ninomiya and Tatsuaki Hashimoto    161

The Earth Outer Space Traffic Control System Constellation (AAS 01-521), William O. Glascoe III    173

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING AND TT&C    193

Sub-Microradian Pointing for Free-Space Optical Communications (AAS 01-525), Gerard G. Ortiz    195

SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING, METEOROLOGY, SMALL SATELLITE SYSTEMS/CONSTELLATIONS    213

Vegetation Analysis Using Leaf Water Content Index (LWCI) Calculated From SPOT/Vegetation Data (AAS 01-526), Michio Anazawa, Genya Saito, Yoshito Sawada and Haruo Sawada    215

Area Determination of Rice Paddy Using Satellite SAR Data (AAS 01-527), Naoki Ishitsuka, Genya Saito and Shigeo Ogawa    223

Applications of Satellite Data for Agriculture in East Asia (AAS 01-528), Genya Saito, Naoki Ishitsuka, Ayumi Fukuo, Michio Anazawa and Xianfang Song    233

Studies of Semi-Arid Grassland Vegetation in Inner Mongolia by Satellite Image and Ground Survey (AAS 01-529), Ayumi Fukuo, Genya Saito, Tsuyoshi Akiyama and Zuozhong Chen    245

 Small Satellites: Continuous Improvements in Project Management (AAS 01-530), Jozef C. van der Ha    257

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT, SPACE STATION AND PACIFIC SPACE PORTS (Including Lunar Research and Exploration)    265

The Rationale for Establishing an International Lunar Base (AAS 01-534), David G. Schrunk    267

Use of the International Space Station as a Human Exploration Test Bed (AAS 01-535), Harvey J. Willenberg and Mark E. Wilson    277

MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES    289

Use of Genetic Algorithms for Placement on Slender Structures (AAS 01-536), Andy Richardson and Makola M. Abdullah    291

Modal Analysis of LSS: A State of the Art Survey (AAS 01-537), Taft H. Broome, Jr.    301

SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND PROPULSION    303

Brief Report of Japan’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 1 (AAS 01-541), Masashi Okada and Atsutaro Watanabe    305

Atlas V—The Next Generation of Affordable, Operable, and Reliable Launch Systems (AAS 01-542), Nancy Bowlin    315

A New Era of the Hybrid Rocket (AAS 01-543), Ryojiro Akiba, Takashi Nakajima and Harunori Nagata    325

Flight Demonstration and a Concept for the Readiness of Fully Reusable Rocket Vehicles (AAS 01-545), Yoshifumi Inatani    331

Investigation into Reducing the Development Cost of a Personnel Transport (AAS 01-546), James H. Sloan    343

SPACE DEBRIS AND ENVIRONMENT    355

Collision Risk Analysis of the CZ-04 Breakup (AAS 01-547), Glenn E. Peterson    357

Using Breakup Models and Propagators to Devise Debris Search Strategies in GEO (AAS 01-549), Toshiya Hanada and Mark Matney    373

Evaluation of Bumper Shield With Protuberants Under Space Debris Impact (AAS 01-552), Yasuhiro Akahoshi, Daigo Watanabe and Hidehiro Hata    385

Development of Self-Shielding Bumper Against Space Debris (AAS 01-553), Hidehiro Hata and Yasuhiro Akahoshi    395

APPENDICES    405

Publications of the American Astronautical Society    406

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences    407

Science and Technology Series    414

AAS History Series    421

INDEX    423

Numerical Index    425

Author Index    429