CONTENTS

(Volume 108, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Spaceflight Mechanics 2001)

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FOREWORD    vii

PREFACE    ix

Part I

MARS MISSIONS 1    1

Mars Global Surveyor Mapping Orbit Determination (AAS 01-100), Stuart Demcak, Pasquale B. Esposito, Darren T. Baird and Eric Graat    3

Optimal Orbits for Sparse Constellations of Mars Navigation Satellites (AAS 01-101), Todd A. Ely    25

Mars Surface Asset Positioning Using In-Situ Radio Tracking (AAS 01-102), Joseph R. Guinn    45

Orbit Determination for Nozomi (AAS 01-103), Takafumi Ohnishi, Shiro Ishibashi, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takaji Kato, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Yamakawa and Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi    55

An Energy Controller Aerocapture Guidance Algorithm for the Mars Sample Return Orbiter (AAS 01-104), Stéphane Rousseau    67

Orbit Selection of a Complementary Data Relay Mission for the CNES Aerocapture Demonstrator (AAS 01-105), F. Dufour, J.-B. Dubois and J. Benoist    85

ATTITUDE CONTROL    107

A Local Optimization Technique for Attitude Motion Tracking Using Control Moment Gyroscopes (AAS 01-106), Giulio Avanzini and Guido de Matteis    109

Minimizing the Effects of Transverse Torques During Thrusting for Spin Stabilized Spacecraft (AAS 01-107), James A. Oldenburg and Steven G. Tragesser    125

Optimal Design of Generalized Three-Dimensional Active Coning Attenuator for a Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust (AAS 01-108), Joel D. Kimball    139

Constrained Optimization of Passive Coning Attenuators for Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust (AAS 01-109)

Andrew Lang and Dominic Halsmer    155

Simultaneous Precession Maneuver and Active Nutation Control (AAS 01-110), Sergei Tanygin    163

Large Angle Attitude State Tracking Control Using GPS Output Feedback (AAS 01-111), Guang Q. Xing and Shabbir A. Parvez    179

ORBITAL DEBRIS    199

Covariance Generation for Space Objects Using Public Data (AAS 01-113), Glenn E. Peterson, Robert G. Gist and Daniel L. Oltrogge    201

A New Analytical Method for the Determination of the Average Density of a Debris Cloud (AAS 01-114), Chiara Valente and Dario R. Izzo    215

Analysis of the Collision Risk Associated With GPS Disposal Orbit Instability (AAS 01-115), A. B. Jenkin and R. A. Gick    223

A Method for Calculating Collision Probability Between a Satellite and a Space Tether (AAS 01-116), Russell P. Patera    243

Estimation and Prediction of Orbital Debris Reentry Trajectories (AAS 01-117), Jason M. Tardy and Craig A. Kluever    259

Energetic Cost and Viability of the Proposed Space Debris Mitigation Measures (AAS 01-118), Alessandro Rossi    283

Analytical Expressions for Computing Spacecraft Collision Probabilities (AAS 01-119), Ken Chan    305

MARS MISSIONS 2    321

Lidar-Based Hazard Avoidance for Safe Landing on Mars (AAS 01-120), Andrew Johnson, Allan Klumpp, James Collier and Aron Wolf    323

Optimal Use of Electric Propulsion for a Phobos Sample Return Mission (AAS 01-121), Sophie Geffroy, Rodolphe Cledassou, Nicolas Pillet and Jean-Renaud Meyer    339

Aim Point Biasing Methods in Case of Planetary Protection Requirement (AAS 01-123), L. Francillout, P. Y. Dussauze and P. Legendre    359

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS    381

Man, Like These Attitudes Are Totally Random!: I. Quarternions (AAS 01-125), Malcolm D. Shuster    383

Man, Like These Attitudes Are Totally Random!: II. Other Representations (AAS 01-126), Malcolm D. Shuster    397

Energy Transfer Between Rotation and Revolution Via the Gravity Gradient (AAS 01-127), Yasuyuki Watanabe and Yoshihiko Nakamura    409

Spin Release Mechanism for Small Space Probe Separation (AAS 01-128), Nobuaki Ishii, Ken Higuchi, Nobukatsu Okuizumi, Kazuhiro Abe and Susumu Tatsuta    425

Dynamics Analysis of ADEOS With Flexible Solar Array Paddle (AAS 01-129), Y. Kojima, S. Taniwaki, Y. Nakamura, T. Kurosaki and Y. Okami    433

ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT AND MODELING    451

Atmospheric Density Variations at 1500-4000 Km Height Determined From Long Term Orbit Pertubation Analysis (AAS 01-132), Bruce R. Bowman    453

MISSIONS TO SMALL BODIES 1    467

Autonomous Descent and Touch-Down Via Optical Sensors (AAS 01-134), Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Takashi Kubota, Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Masashi Uo, Kenichi Baba and Toshiaki Yamashita    469

MUSES-C Touch-Down Simulation on the Ground (AAS 01-135), Kazuya Yoshida, Takashi Kubota, Shujiro Sawai, Akira Fujiwara and Masashi Uo    481

Robotic Lander Minerva, Its Mobility and Surface Exploration (AAS 01-136), Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Takashi Kubota, Ichiro Nakatani and Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi    491

A Test of Autonomous Navigation Using Near Laser Rangefinder Data (AAS 01-137), Connie J. Weeks    503

Design and Analysis of Landing and Low-Altitude Asteroid Flyovers (AAS 01-138), Daniel J. Scheeres    513

ATTITUDE CONTROL AND DETERMINATION 1    533

A Fail-Safe Controller for an Underactuated Rigid Spacecraft (AAS 01-139), Ramin Eshaghi, Paul K. C. Wang and Fred Y. Hadaegh    535

Feedback Control of Rigid Body Attitude With Inclinometer and Low-Cost Gyro Measurements (AAS 01-140), Maruthi Akella, James Halbert and Gnana Kotamraju    545

Equilibria of a Satellite Subjected to a Constant Torque:  Analysis of Stability (AAS 01-141), V. A. Sarychev, P. Paglione and A. Guerman    555

Kalman Filtering Using the Quaternion Extracted From Vector Measurements (AAS 01-142), Injung Kim, Jinho Kim and Samsung Lim    571

Rejection of Multiple Periodic Disturbances Using MELMS With Disturbance Identification (AAS 01-143), Hong-Jen Chen, Brij N. Agrawal, Richard W. Longman, Minh Q. Phan and Stephen G. Edwards    587

Magnetic Attitude Determination and Control of Inertial Pointing Small Momentum Bias Spacecraft (AAS 01-144), F. Santoni and P. Tortora    607

Segmented Modelling of the Geomagnetic Field for Use as High Accuracy Reference Vector (AAS 01-145), G. Michalareas, S. Gabriel and E. Rogers    627

NAVIGATION    639

Simulation of High Accuracy Inter-Satellite Ranging Measurements (AAS 01-146), Jeongrae Kim, Kevin W. Key and Byron D. Tapley    641

The Orbit and Maneuver Estimation of Interplanetary Mission Based on Delta VLBI and Radiometric Measurements (AAS 01-147), Tsutomu Ichikawa    655

Accurate Navigation for Lunar Lander/Orbiter Based on Crater Identification (AAS 01-148), Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Yusuke Imamura, Takashi Kubota and Keiken Ninomiya    667

Recursive Mode Star Identification Algorithms (AAS 01-149), Malak A. Samaan, Daniele Mortari and John L. Junkins    677

A Factorization and Least-Squares Method for Multi-Pass Sensor Alignment Calibration (AAS 01-151), Mark E. Pittelkau    693

Spacecraft Rendezvous Using GPS Relative Navigation (AAS 01-152), Takuji Ebinuma, Robert H. Bishop and E. Glenn Lightsey    701

MISSIONS TO SMALL BODIES 2    719

On the Multiple Sample and Return Opportunities From Near Earth Asteroids (AAS 01-153), Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi    721

Approaching Small Bodies (AAS 01-154), Anthony H. Taylor and John J. Bordi    727

On the Dynamical Behavior of a Spacecraft Orbiting Elongated Celestial Bodies (AAS 01-155), Antonio Elipe and Martín Lara    757

Maneuver Strategy for Station Keeping and Global Mapping Around an Asteroid (AAS 01-156), Takashi Kubota, Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Masashi Uo, Makoto Maruya and Kenichi Baba    769

Hovering and Translational Motions Over Small Bodies (AAS 01-157), Shujiro Sawai and Daniel J. Scheeres    781

INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS    797

New Trajectory Options for Ballistic Mercury Orbiter Mission (AAS 01-158), Chen-wan L. Yen    799

Sun-Mars Libration Points and Mars Mission Simulations (AAS 01-159), Jon D. Strizzi, Joshua M. Kutrieb, Paul E. Damphousse and John P. Carrico    807

Trajectory Design and Mission Analysis of Fast, Outer Solar System Travel (AAS 01-161), Craig Hamilton Williams    823

Optimal Out-of-the-Ecliptic Trajectories for Space-borne Observatories (AAS 01-162), Pini Gurfil and N. Jeremy Kasdin    833

SATELLITE CLUSTERS AND FORMATION FLYING    867

The Dynamics of Relative Satellite Motion (AAS 01-163), William E. Wiesel    869

Solar Radiation Pressure and Satellite Formation Flight: Analytical Results (AAS 01-164), Trevor Williams and Zhong-Sheng Wang    881

Ground Tracking and Control of GEO Cluster Satellites Using the Raven Telescope (AAS 01-165), C. C. Chao, J. Cox and R. Burns    901

The State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Non-Circular Reference Orbit (AAS 01-222), Dong-Woo Gim and Kyle T. Alfriend    913

EARTH AND LUNAR MISSIONS    935

High Power Rocket Demonstrator of a Reusable Glideback Booster (AAS 01-168), Dianne J. DeTurris and Trevor J. Foster    937

A Semi-Analytical Evaluation of Launcher Performances (AAS 01-169), Emanuele Di Sotto and Paolo Teofilatto    953

Lessons Learned From NASDA’s ETS-VII Satellite: Recovery From Anomalies and Necessity of Risk Management (AAS 01-171), Mitsushige Oda    969

Geostationary Positioning Phase From Super-Synchronous Tansfer Orbit: Hispasat 1C Mission (AAS 01-172), Marc Rossi    981

WIND Lunar Backflip and Distant Prograde Orbit Implementation (AAS 01-173), Heather Franz    999

SIRTF Trajectory Design and Optimization (AAS 01-174), Mark D. Garcia    1019

ATTITUDE CONTROL AND DETERMINATION 2    1033

Attitude Control of a 3-Axis Stabilized Spacecraft With Solar Electric Propulsion During Orbital Maneuvers (AAS 01-175), Kirill Y. Pimenov, Roald Z. Sagdeev and Konstantinos Karavasilis    1035

Web-Based Tools Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control Simulation (AAS 01-176), Daniel Quock and Jordi Puig-Suari    1047

Robust Star Identification Technique for Use in Laser Pointing Determination of the ICESAT (AAS 01-177), Sungkoo Bae and Bob E. Schutz    1059

CHAMP Attitude Dynamics (AAS 01-178), Uwe Feucht and Manfred Schneller    1075

Inflight Estimation of the Cassini Spacecraft’s Inertia Tensor (AAS 01-179), Julie A. Wertz and Allan Y. Lee    1087





Part II

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ORBIT DETERMINATION    1103

Orbit Determination Accuracy Requirements for Collision Avoidance (AAS 01-181), Robert G. Gottlieb, Steven J. Sponaugle and David E. Gaylor    1105

Estimation of Periodic Accelerations to Improve Orbit Ephemeris Accuracy (AAS 01-184), Mark T. Soyka and Mark A. Davis    1123

Earth Radiation Pressure Effects on GPS Orbit Determination (AAS 01-185), Hyung-Jin Rim, Charles E. Webb, Sung-Pil Yoon and Bob E. Schutz    1141

Satellite Selection Strategy for LEO Orbit Determination From the GPS & GLONASS Constellations Using Double Differences (AAS 01-186), Stefano Casotto and Alberto Zin    1151

New Approach of Orbit Determination Strategy to Improve the Stardust Dynamic Models (AAS 01-187), Tung-Han You, Jordan Ellis and Tim McElrath    1167

TETHER SYSTEMS 1    1187

Periodic Solutions in Rigid Electrodynamic Tethers on Inclined Orbits (AAS 01-188), J. Peláez and M. Lara    1189

Damping in Rigid Electrodynamic Tethers on Inclined Orbits (AAS 01-190), J. Peláez, O. López-Rebollal, M. Ruiz and E. C. Lorenzini    1209

Active Control of Tether Satellites Via Boom Rotation:  A Proof of Concept Experiment (AAS-01-192), Franco Bernelli-Zazzera    1225

Nonplanar Spin-Up Dynamics of the ASTOR Tethered Satellite System (AAS 01-193), Andre P. Mazzoleni and John H. Hoffman    1241

Modeling and Dynamics Analysis of Tethered Formations for Space Interferometry (AAS 01-231), Marco B. Quadrelli    1259

CONTROL SYSTEMS    1279

Trade-Offs Between Feedback, Feedforward, and Repetitive Control for Systems Subject to Periodic Disturbances (AAS 01-194), Richard W. Longman, Raphael Akogyeram, Andrew Hutton and Jer-Nan Juang    1281

Repetitive Control Methods When the Disturbance Period is Not an Integer Multiple of the Sample Time (AAS 01-195), Hao-Ping Wen and Richard W. Longman    1301

On the Waterbed Effect in Repetitive Control Using Zero-Phase Filtering (AAS 01-196), Thuanthong Songchon and Richard W. Longman    1321

Simulation of a Closed Loop Test for the SELENE Model-Following System Using the Flying Test Bed (AAS 01-197), Yoshiro Hamada, Tetsujiro Ninomiya, Isao Yamaguchi, Shuichi Sasa, Haruaki Itagaki, Hiroshi Soga and Keisuke Kamo    1341

Joint Dynamics Modeling and Parameter Identification for Space Robot Applications (AAS 01-198), Adenilson R. da Silva, Bernd Schäfer, Luiz C. Gadelha de Souza and Raphael A. Fonseca    1351

Dynamics of a Gyroscopic Hopping Rover (AAS 01-199), Mason A. Peck    1369

MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS AND LIBRATION POINTS    1391

Resonance Induced Coupled Planar N-Body Collinear Point Solutions
(AAS 01-201), T. A. Bauer    1393

Effect of Perturbations in Coriolis and Centrifugal Forces on the Location and Stability of the Equilibrium Point in the Robe’s Circular Restricted Three Body Problem (AAS 01-202), P. P. Hallan and Neelam Rana    1413

The Non-linear Stability of L4 in the Restricted Three Body Problem When the Bigger Primary is a Triaxial Rigid Body (AAS 01-203), P. P. Hallan, Sanjay Jain and K. B. Bhatnagar    1423

Long Duration Lissajous Orbit Control for the ACE Sun-Earth L1 Libration Point Mission (AAS 01-204), Craig E. Roberts    1447

Trajectory Design Strategies for the NGST L2 Libration Point Mission (AAS 01-205), David Folta, Steven Cooley and Kathleen Howell    1465

Trajectory Arcs With Lunar Encounters for Transfers to Small Amplitude Lissajous Orbits (AAS 01-207), Kathleen C. Howell, José J. Guzmán and Jason P. Anderson    1481

LOW THRUST MISSIONS    1503

Anatomy of the Constant Radial Thrust Problem (AAS 01-208), Roger A. Broucke and Maruthi R. Akella    1505

Application of a Novel Optimal Control Algorithm to Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization (AAS 01-209), Gregory J. Whiffen and Jon A. Sims    1525

Direct Approach for Low-Thrust Positioning Computation Under Satellite Constraints (AAS 01-211), Sébastien Herbinière and Vincent Martinot    1541

Optimal Low Thrust Trajectories Combined With an Aeroassist Maneuver About Mars (AAS 01-212), Aaron J. Trask and Victoria L. Coverstone    1557

Solar Electric Propulsion Leverage: Electric Delta-Vega (EDVEGA) Scheme and its Application (AAS 01-213), Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi    1577

Comparing Solar Sail and Solar Electric Propulsions for Propulsive Effectiveness in Deep Space Missions (AAS 01-214), Chen-wan L. Yen    1587

SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS    1601

Molniya/Tundra Orbit Constellation Considerations for Commercial Applications (AAS 01-215), Andrew E. Turner    1603

Probability of Overlap for Footprints of Satellites Flying in Formation (AAS 01-217), Mark A. Vincent    1617

A New Concept for Controlling Formation Flying Satellite Constellations (AAS 01-218), S. R. Vadali, S. S. Vaddi and K. T. Alfriend    1631

An Improved Strategy for Maintaining Constant Distance Between Satellites in an Elliptically Orbiting Constellation (AAS 01-219), Zhaozhi Tan and Peter M. Bainum    1649

The Accelerometer Proof Mass Offset Calibration of GRACE (AAS 01-220), Furun Wang, Byron D. Tapley, Srinivas V. Bettadpur and Yanqing Liu    1665

SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASTRODYNAMICS    1677

Mitigation of the Effects of Eclipse Boundary Crossings on the Numerical Integation of Orbit Trajectories Using an Encke Type Correction Algorithm (AAS 01-223), James Woodburn    1679

Resonant Stability and its Criterion for the Orbits Around the Sphere of Influence (AAS 01-224), Masayoshi Utashima and Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi    1691

Canonical Elements Derived From a Redundant Set of Burdet-Ferrándiz Focal-Type Variables (AAS 01-225), Luis Floría    1699

Numerical Experiments on the Convergence of Spherical and Spheroidal Harmonic Representations of the External Potential Inside the Brillouin Sphere (AAS 01-226), Stefano Casotto    1709

Variational Calculus and Approximate Solutions of Algebraic Equations (AAS 01-227), David G. Hull    1733

Variational Calculus and Approximate Solutions of Differential Equations (AAS 01-228), David G. Hull    1741

TETHER SYSTEMS 2    1755

Equilibrium Configurations of Tethered Three-Body Systems and Their Stability (AAS 01-191), Arun K. Misra    1757

A Novel Control Design Methodology for Maintaining Position and Attitude of a Power-Sail (AAS 01-229), Kamesh Subbarao, Srinivas R. Vadali, Kyle T. Alfriend and John L. Junkins    1773

Dynamics and Control of Power Sail (AAS 01-230), Kyle T. Alfriend, Srinivas R. Vadali and Matthew P. Wilkins    1791

Quick-Look Identification and Orbit Determination of a Tethered Satellite (AAS 01-232), D. A. Cicci, J. E.  Cochran, Jr., C. Qualls and T. A. Lovell    1811

On the Validity of Recent Predictions for Tethers on Elliptical Orbits (AAS 01-233), Spencer W. Ziegler and Matthew P. Cartmell    1831

Analysis of Tether Aerobraking Maneuvers Using a Lifting Probe With Parametric Uncertainties (AAS 01-234), Brian L. Biswell and Jordi Puig-Suari    1839

Aerocapture Trajectories for Spacecraft With Large, Towed Ballutes (AAS 01-235), Jeffery L. Hall and Andrew K. Le    1857

GUIDANCE AND CONTROL    1873

Fuel-Optimal Rendezvous in a Central Force Field With Linear Drag (AAS 01-236), Mayer Humi and Thomas Carter    1875

Linear Optimal Periodic Position Control for Elliptical Orbits (AAS 01-237), Andreas H. Schubert    1893

Applications of Autonomous On-Board Orbit Control (AAS 01-238), James R. Wertz and Gwynne Gurevich    1911

Aerodynamic Maneuvering for Stability and Control of Low-Perigee Satellites (AAS 01-239), Mark J. Lewis    1927

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of a Hypersonic Flight Vehicle (AAS 01-240), Haojian Xu, Pierre Leung, Maj Mirmirani, Helen Boussalis and Petros Ioannou    1947

Optimal Re-entry Trajectory Design by Interactive Multiobjective Optimization With Parallel Programming (AAS 01-241), Marcello Tava and Shinji Suzuki    1963

Discrete Control of Kinetic Energy Projectile Trajectories (AAS 01-242), Maruthi Akella, Mehmet Erengil and John McGregor    1977

ORBIT DYNAMICS AND DESIGN    1987

Orbital Analysis of Space Passenger Operations Depicted In “2001: A Space Odyssey” (AAS 01-243), Trevor Williams and Patrick Collins    1989

GPS Disposal Orbit Stability and Sensitivity Study (AAS 02-244), R. A. Gick and C. C. Chao    2005

Class of Orbits With 24 Hour Sun Exposure (AAS 01-245), Michael J. Gabor, Richard D. Burns and Craig A. McLaughlin    2019

Sunset-Synchronous Orbits and Other Astrodynamics Support for the Optical Calibration Sphere (AAS 01-246), Chris Sabol and Scott Deakin    2031

The Effect of Tidal Forces on Orbit Transfers (AAS 01-247), B. Villac, D. J. Scheeres, L. A. D’Amario and M. D. Guman    2049

Mission Design of an In-Orbit Satellite Inspection – Feasibility of the In-Orbit Satellite Servicing – (AAS 01-248), Mitsushige Oda and Noriyasu Inaba    2071

PLENARY LECTURE    2087

In Quest of Better Attitudes: Plenary Lecture (AAS 01-250), Malcolm D. Shuster    2089

APPENDICES    2119

Publications of the American Astronautical Society    2120

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences    2121
Science and Technology Series    2128
AAS History Series    2135

INDEX    2137

Numerical Index    2139

Author Index    2147