CONTENTS
(Volume 75, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Spaceflight Mechanics 1991)

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FOREWORD, Horace Jacobs vii

PREFACE, John K. Soldner ix

Part I

ORBIT DYNAMICS 1

Eccentricity Perturbations on a Long Tumbling Dumbbell Satellite (AAS 91-132), John V. Breakwell, James W. Gearhart 3

An Accurate and Efficient Tool for Orbit Lifetime Predictions (AAS 91-134), C. C. Chao, M. H. Platt 11

Minimizing Deorbit Maneuvers by Hodographic Analysis (AAS 91-135), Paul S. Lane 25

Autonomous Optimal Deorbit Targeting (AAS 91-136), D. J. Jezewski 39

Autonomous Precision Landing Using Terrain-Following Navigation (AAS 91-137), R. M. Vaughan, R. W. Gaskell, P. Halamek, A. R. Klumpp, S. P. Synnott 57

Interceptor Guidance Algorithm Based Upon Uniform Extension of Gauss’s Boundary Value Solution (AAS 91-138), Roger L. Mansfield 77

Optimal Thrust-Limited Path-Constrained Rendezvous Using Hermite-Simpson Transcription and Nonlinear Programming (AAS 91-133) Abstract, Russel S. Wenzel, John E. Prussing 93

Application of the Semianalytical Satellite Theory to Shallow Resonance Orbits (AAS 91-139) Abstract, Paul J. Cefola, Ronald J. Proulx 94

ORBIT DYNAMICS - THE MOON 95

A Method for the Construction of a Lunar Transfer Trajectory Using Ballistic Capture (AAS 91-100), James K. Miller, Edward A. Belbruno 97

An Estimate of the Global Minimum DV Needed for Earth-Moon Transfer (AAS 91-101), Theodore H. Sweetser 111

Architecting a Mission Plan for Lunar Observer (AAS 91-102), Rex W. Ridenoure 121

Optimal Cycling Between Cislunar and Cismartian Libration Points with Reusable Nuclear Electric Transfer Vehicles (AAS 91-104), Steven J. Sponaugle, Brian H. Rishikof, Steven F. Davis, Douglas A. Pesek, Diane R. Walyus, Victor R. Bond 141

Lunar Cycler Orbits with Alternating Semi-Monthly Transfer Windows (AAS 91-105), C. Uphoff and M. A. Crouch 163

A Simplified Visual Procedure for Determining Possible Lunar Eclipsing of a Satellite (AAS 91-107), R. A. Winneberger 177

Cislunar Libration Point as a Transportation Node for Lunar Exploration (AAS 91-103) Abstract, Victor R. Bond, Steven J. Sponaugle, Michael F. Fraietta, Shonn F. Everett 189

Flight Operations Lunar Landing Site Selection Factors (AAS 91-106) Abstract, J. R. Elk, R. W. Becker, T. E. Williams, B. C. Luong, H. L. Conway 190

ORBIT DYNAMICS - MARS 191

Robotic Precursor Strategy for the Exploration of Mars (AAS 91-116), Stephen J. Hoffman 193

Determination of Precessing Mars Parking Orbits which Insure In-Plane Arrival and Departure Burns (AAS 91-117), Prasun N. Desai, James J. Buglia 211

Mars Approach Navigation Using Doppler and Range Measurements to Surface Beacons and Orbiting Spacecraft (AAS 91-118), Sam W. Thurman, Jeffrey A. Estefan 227

Onboard Preaerocapture Navigation Performance at Mars (AAS 91-119), Stanley W. Shepperd, Douglas P. Fuhry, Timothy J. Brand 249

Control Algorithms for Aerobraking in the Martian Atmosphere (AAS 91-120), Buford W. Shipley, Jr., Donald T. Ward 269

Autonomous Mars Ascent and Orbit Rendezvous for Earth Return Missions (AAS 91-121), H. Carter Edwards, W. Frank Balmanno, Manuel I. Cruz, Marc R. Ilgen 289

Mass Performance Characteristics of Assembly and Departure Orbits for Piloted Mars Missions (AAS 91-122), Stephen J. Hoffman 303

Free Return Trajectories for Mars Missions (AAS 91-123), Aron A. Wolf 317

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS 331

Relegation of the Proper Rotation in the Orbital-Attitude Motion of a Spacecraft (AAS 91-108), Mercedes Arribas, Antonio Elipe 333

Nonlinear Stability Analysis of the Attitude Motion of a Spin-Stabilized Upper Stage (AAS 91-109), J. E. Cochran, Jr., J. Y. Kang 345

Angular Momentum and Multibody Dynamics (AAS 91-110), Fidelis O. Eke 365

Nutational Stability and Core Energy of a Quasi-Rigid Gyrostat (AAS 91-112), I. Michael Ross 377

Sufficient Conditions for a Minimum of the Free-Final-Time Optimal Control Problem (AAS 91-114), David G. Hull 395

Second Variation Conditions for the Optimal Control Problem with Free Initial Conditions (AAS 91-115), David G. Hull 407

Quasi Closed-Form Solution to the Time-Optimal Rigid Spacecraft Reorientation Problem (AAS 91-124), R. M. Byers, S. R. Vadali 417

The Effect of Moving Mass on the Space Station Attitude Control System (AAS 91-125), Tsay-Hsin G. Hu, Jalal Mapar 437

Correlation Techniques in Robust Nonlinear System Realization/Identification (AAS 91-126), Greselda I. Stry, D. Joseph Mook 453

HERCULES: Gyro-Based, Real-Time Geolocation for an Astronaut Camera (AAS 91-130), Mark T. Soyka, Peter J. Melvin 471

Motion Requirements for Antennas in Geostationary Earth Orbit (AAS 91-131), Lawrence B. Tentor, Harley H. Cudney, Paul Werntz 491

A Nonrecursive Order N Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method for Multibody Dynamics (AAS 91-111) Abstract, Andrew J. Kurdila, Ramesh G. Menon, John Sunkel 505

A New LQR Synthesis Technique Applied to the Space Station (AAS 91-113) Abstract, R. H. Smith, T. D. Powell 506

Laser Gyro Model for Space Station Requirements Analysis and Software Bench Verification (AAS 91-129) Abstract, Cary L. Semar 507

LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES 509

Application of Partial Differental Equation Modeling of the Control/Structural Dynamics of Flexible Spacecraft (AAS 91-140), Lawrence W. Taylor, Jr., H. Rajiyah 511

Vibration Control of a Cantilevered Beam Using a Distributed Sensor System (AAS 91-141), Thomas F. Starchville, Jr., Roger C. Thompson 531

Shape Control of Flexible Space Structures (AAS 91-142), Toshio Kashiwase, Masaki Tabata, Kazuo Tsuchiya 551

Liapunov Optimal Control Laws for Flexible Structures Maneuver and Vibration Control (AAS 91-143), H. Bang, John L. Junkins 563

Minimum-Time Large Angle Slew of an Orbiting Flexible Shallow Spherical Shell System (AAS 91-144), Zhaozhi Tan, Peter M. Bainum, Feiyue Li 589

Attitude Control and Momentum Management of the Space Station (AAS 91-145), S. R. Vadali, H-S. Oh 609

Control Structure Interaction for Space Station Freedom Early Assembly Flights (AAS 91-146), Lester A. Foster, III., Jalal Mapar 621

Self-Induced Thermal Elastic Shock Disturbance for a Dual-Array Spinning Spacecraft (AAS 91-147), Darrell F. Zimbelman, Harold F. Zimbelman 641

Part II

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ORBIT DYNAMICS - THE SHUTTLE 657

Manned Space Flight: The Effects of Shuttle Perturbations on Orbital Trajectory (AAS 91-148), Charles P. Barrett, Carolyn A. Propst 659

Ascent and Entry Ground Navigation of the Shuttle (AAS 91-150), Thomas G. Schmidt 675

Navigating the Space Shuttle (AAS 91-151), Edward T. Brown 691

A Method for Computing Instantaneous Downtrack Error From TDRS Doppler Residuals (AAS 91-152), Franklin M. Haas, Jr. 709

Covariance Analysis for Shuttle Missions (AAS 91-153), Valerie Murdock 725

Testing of the High Accuracy Inertial Navigation System in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Lab (AAS 91-149) Abstract, Russell L. Strachan, James M. Evans 747

Shuttle Drag Atmosphere Model Changes (AAS 91-154) Abstract, Glenn E. Pogue 748

ORBIT TRANSFER AND CONTROL 749

LOTHRST: A Low-Thrust Propagation Program for Earth-Moon Trajectories (AAS 91-155), Julie A. Kangas 751

Low-Thrust Eccentricity Constrained Orbit Raising (AAS 91-156), Jean Albert Kechichian 765

Low-Thrust Inclination Control in the Presence of Earth Shadow (AAS 91-157), Jean Albert Kechichian 791,

Integration/Validation of Flight Control System of Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) in the Systems Engineering Simulator (SES) (AAS 91-160), Bill C. M. Chen 815

Transfers Between Cislunar Orbits Using Fixed Impulses (AAS 91-161), Houzhi Jin, Robert G. Melton 833

Effect of Heat Rate Constraint on Minimum-Fuel Synergetic Plane Change (AAS 91-162), Kenneth D. Mease, Masayoshi Utashima 843

Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization in an Inverse Square Force Field (AAS 91-159) Abstract, R. A. Broucke 861

MISSION ANALYSIS 863

A Phase-Based Approach to the Satellite Revisit Problem (AAS 91-165), Matthew S. Bottkol, Paul B. DiDomenico 865

Small Body Mass Determination from a Flyby (AAS 91-166), Catherine B. Sybert, Jeremy B. Jones, John D. Anderson 885

EXCALIBIR: A Space Experiment in Orbital Debris Lethality (AAS 91-167), Robert D. Culp, Michael R. Dickey 897

A Flight Design System for Earth Orbital Missions (AAS 91-168), David F. Williams, Bret T. Gunn 911

Low-Cost Space Transportation: The Search for the Lowest Cost (AAS 91-169), Edward L. Keith 929

Field of View Location and Formation Flying for Polar Orbiting Missions (AAS 91-170), Christopher Scolese, David Folta, Francesco Bordi 949

Collocation Analysis of Twin Satellites Sharing a Geostationary Parking Slot and a Coordinated Station-Keeping Strategy (AAS 91-163) Abstract, B. Srinivasan 967

Gravity Probe B Orbit Modeling and Injection Requirements (AAS 91-164) Abstract, Penina Axelrad, Richard H. Vassar, Bradford W. Parkinson 968,

TETHER DYNAMICS 969

Navigation of the TSS-1 Mission (AAS 91-171), Timothy C. Jackson 971

Dynamics and Stability Analysis of an Orbiter-Tether-Maneuverable Subsatellite System (AAS 91-172), T. S. No, J. E. Cochran, Jr. 987

Stabilization of a Tethered Satellite System by Thrusters in Station-Keeping (AAS 91-173), Guido de Matteis, Luciano M. de Socio 1007

A Discretized Model for the Dynamics of a Tethered Satellite System and Applications (AAS 91-174), Guido de Matteis, Luciano M. de Socio 1029

On the Reel Rate Control of Retrieval Dynamics of Tethered Satellite Systems (AAS 91-175), N. Monshi, A. Misra, V. J. Modi 1053

Trajectory Design, Feedforward and Feedback Stabilization of Tethered Spacecraft Retrieval (AAS 91-176), Eric J. Fleurisson, Darryll J. Pines, Andreas H. von Flotow 1077

Dynamics and Control of Space Station Based Tethered Elevator System (AAS 91-177), S. Bachmann, V. J. Modi, A. K. Misra 1097

Collection of Martian Atmospheric Dust with a Low-Altitude Tethered Probe (AAS 91-178), Monica Pasca, Enrico Lorenzini 1121

PLANETARY MISSION ANALYSIS 1141

Determination and Prediction of Magellan’s Orbit (AAS 91-180), D. B. Engelhardt, J. B. McNamee, S. K. Wong, F. G. Bonneau, E. J. Graat, R. J. Haw, G. R. Kronschnabl, M. S. Ryne 1143

Spacecraft-Spacecraft Very Long Baseline Interferometry for Planetary Approach Navigation (AAS 91-181), Charles D. Edwards, Jr., William M. Folkner, James S. Border, Lincoln J. Wood 1161

A Simulation of Orbits Around Asteroids Using Potential Field Modeling (AAS 91-182), Darla German, Alan L. Friedlander 1183

Single and Coupled Missions to Sun and Pluto (AAS 91-184), F. Hechler 1203

Magellan Propulsive Maneuvers Analysis (AAS 91-179) Abstract, Cheick M. Diarra 1223

Analysis of a Multiple Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (AAS 91-183) Abstract, Wallace T. Fowler, David J. Korsmeyer, Elfego Pinon III, Peter J. Roesset, Scott T. Striepe 1224

ORBIT DETERMINATION 1225

Improving the Numerical Integration Solution of Satellite Orbits in the Presence of Solar Radiation Pressure Using Modified Back Differences (AAS 91-187), J. B. Lundberg, M. R. Feulner, P. A. M. Abusali, C. S. Ho 1227

Thermal Imbalance Force Modeling for a GPS Satellite Using the Finite Element Method (AAS 91-188), Yvonne Vigue, Bob E. Schutz 1243

Applications of Singular Value Analysis and Partial-Step Algorithm for Nonlinear Orbit Determination (AAS 91-190), Mark S. Ryne, Tseng-Chan Wang 1257

Precise Tracking of the Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiters by Same-Beam Interferometry (AAS 91-191), James S. Border, William M. Folkner, Robert D. Kahn, Karen S. Zukor 1269

Rapid Determination of Satellite Visibility Periods (AAS 91-193), Salvatore Alfano, David Negron, Jr., Jennifer L. Moore 1289

The Effect of the Zonal Harmonics on the Motion of the Perigee of an Artificial Satellite (AAS 91-189), Roger A. Broucke 1305

APPENDICES 1307

Publications of the American Astronautical Society 1309

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 1310

Science and Technology Series 1315

AAS History Series 1320

INDEX 1321

Numerical Index 1323

Author Index 1331