CONTENTS
(Volume 82, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Spaceflight Mechanics 1993)

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FOREWORD, Robert H. Jacobs vii

PREFACE, Lincoln J. Wood, Robert G. Melton,

Stuart J. Kerridge, Roger C. Thompson ix

Part I

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL 1

Planning and Execution of the Field Test of a CID Star Tracker (AAS 93-100), Steven F. McLaughlin, Bernard Kaufman, Robert Dasenbrock,

Alan Hope, Henry Pickard, Peter Melvin, Morton Frank 3

In-Flight Measurement of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-10 Static Earth Sensor Error (AAS 93-101), E. Harvie, O. Filla, D. Baker 23

Design Study: Parallel Architectures for Autonomous Star Pattern Identification and Tracking (AAS 93-102), Kenneth E. Williams, Thomas E. Strikwerda, H. Landis Fisher,

Kim Strohbehn, Thomas G. Edwards 43

The Attitude Accuracy Consequences of On-Orbit Calibration of the Extreme Untraviolet Explorer Attitude Sensors by the Flight Dynamics Facility at Goddard Space Flight Center (AAS 93-103), J. Hashmall, W. Davis, R. Harman 59

Indirect Learning Control for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

(AAS 93-104), Yeong Soon Ryu, Richard W. Longman 79

Indirect Decentralized Repetitive Control (AAS 93-105), Soo Cheol Lee, Richard W. Longman 93

A Nonlinear Control Design for Energy Sink Simulation in the Euler-Poinsot Problem (AAS 93-106), Daniel C. Kammer, Gary L. Gray 111

Equations of Motion of Two-Phase Variable Mass Systems with Solid Base (AAS 93-107), Fidelis O. Eke, Song-Min Wang 133

Chaos in Controlled, Gravity Gradient Satellite Pitch Dynamics Via the Method of Melnikov (Part I - Center Stabilization) (AAS 93-132), Gary L. Gray, Mark C. Stabb 147

Detection of Chaotic Saddles in an Attitude Maneuver of a Spacecraft Containing a Viscous Damper (AAS 93-133), Gary L. Gray, Daniel C. Kammer, Ian Dobson 167

Spin Decay of Small Spacecraft in Elliptic Orbits (AAS 93-134), Adrian J. Markwell, Graham G. Swinerd 185

Stability of Spinning Rockets with Internal Mass Motion (AAS 93-135), D. L. Mingori, D. M. Halsmer, Y. Yam 199

Spinup Dynamics of Biaxial Gyrostats (AAS 93-136), Christopher D. Hall 211

Rapid Solution of Time Optimal Rotational Maneuvers of an Axi-Symmetric Spacecraft (AAS 93-137), Robert M. Byers 223

Optimal Open-Loop and Feedback Control Using Single Gimbal Control Moment Gyroscopes (AAS 93-138), Brian R. Hoelscher, Srinivas R. Vadali 237

Load Alleviation Maneuvers for a Launch Vehicle (AAS 93-139), Hans Seywald, Robert R. Bless 257

Attitude Control of Spacecraft Using Neural Networks (AAS 93-192), S. R. Vadali, S. Krishnan, T. Singh 271

LARGE FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES 287

The Influence of Appendage Vibration on the Pointing Accuracy of a Dual-Spin Satellite (AAS 93-116), Mark C. Stabb, A. L. Schlack 289

Optimal Path Planning for Satellite Mounted Robot Manipulators (AAS 93-117), V. H. Schulz, H. G. Bock, R. W. Longman 311

A New Approach to Linear State Space System Identification (AAS 93-120), T. El-Ali, F. A. Scarpino, T. J. Kelly 331

Identification of a Second-Order Mechanical System Model from a State Space Realization (AAS 93-121), Dong-Huei Tseng, Richard W. Longman, Jer-Nan Juang 347

Identification of Uncertain Structural Parameters in Flexible Boosters (AAS 93-122), Shujiro Sawai, Jan’ichiro Kawaguchi, Hiroki Matsuo 361

Closest Bifurcation Analysis Applied to Design of Flexible Satellites (AAS 93-123), Andre P. Mazzoleni, Ian Dobson 377

A Method for Determining Exact Stability Boundaries for Flexible Satellites with Arbitrary Position Independent Damping (AAS 93-124), Andre P. Mazzoleni, Ian Dobson 393

INTERCEPT AND RENDEZVOUS 413

Exoatmospheric Intercepts Using Zero Effort Miss Steering for Midcourse Guidance (AAS 93-126), Brett Newman 415

Extended-Mission Opportunities for a Discovery-Class Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (AAS 93-127), Robert Farquhar, Shao-Chiang Jen, Jim V. McAdams 435

Comet Navigation and Rendezvous: A Flight Software Design Study (AAS 93-128), Christopher C. Varner, Wallace T. Fowler 449

Minimum-Time Low-Thrust Rendezvous Using Epoch Mean Longitude Formulation (AAS 93-129), Jean Albert Kechichian 457

Minimum-Fuel Time-Fixed Rendezvous Using Constant Low Thrust (AAS 93-130), Jean Albert Kechichian 479

Ideal Proportional Navigation (AAS 93-131), Pin-Jar Yuan, Jeng-Shing Chern 501

RENDEZVOUS AND ORBIT TRANSFER 513

Operational Constraints in Optimal, Impulsive, Rendezvous Trajectories (AAS 93-140), Bruce R. Haufler, D. J. Jezewski, Tom A. Mulder 515

Optimal Power-Limited Rendezvous for Linearized Equations of Motion (AAS 93-141), Thomas E. Carter 537

High Thrust Rendezvous Via Feedback Linearization (AAS 93-142), S. Lee, John E. Cochran, Jr., 565

Stable Orbit Rendezvous for a Small Radius Translunar Halo Orbit (AAS 93-144), Brian L. Jones, Robert H. Bishop 585

Trajectory Design for a Lunar Mapping and Near-Earth-Asteroid Flyby Mission (AAS 93-145), David W. Dunham, Robert W. Farquhar 605

An Indirect Method for Fixed-Time Finite-Thrust Optimal Orbit Transfer (AAS 93-146), Guido Colasurdo, Dario Pastrone 625

TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION 637

Equation for Optimal Power-Limited Spacecraft Trajectories (AAS 93-147), John E. Prussing 639

Trajectory Optimization Based on Differential Inclusion (AAS 93-148), Hans Seywald 649

A Strategy to Rotate the Mars Observer Orbit Node Line to Advance the Mapping Schedule (AAS 93-150), Henry J. Pernicka, Theodore H. Sweetser, Ralph B. Roncoli 665

Neighboring Suboptimal Control for Vehicle Guidance (AAS 93-151), David G. Hull, Michael J. Nowak 679

A Time-Optimal Space Station Reboost Guidance Strategy (AAS 93-152), Renjith R. Kumar, Hans Seywald 691

Neighboring Optimal Guidance for Aeroassisted Orbital Plane Change with G-Value Constraint (AAS 93-153), Jeng-Shing Chern, Fu-Kuo Hsu, Ching-Chyuan Lin 705

Optimal Parking Orbits for Manned Mars Missions (AAS 93-149) Abstract, Michael L. Cupples, Jill A. Nordwall 723

PART II

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ORBITAL ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION 725

Compression of Orbital Ephemerides Using Neural Networks (AAS 93-108), Thomas J. Kelly, Jill A. Nordwall 727

Satellite Dynamics About a Planet with a Narrow Ring (AAS 93-109), D. J. Scheeres, N. X. Vinh 747

Relative Behavior of Special Algorithms for the Numerical Integration of Satellite Orbits (AAS 93-110), Pablo Martín, José M. Ferrándiz 765

ODEM - An Improved Approach Towards Rapid Satellite Maneuver Calibration (AAS 93-111), Eberhard Gill, Helio Koiti Kuga 783

Tsien’s Method for Generating Non-Keplerian Trajectories (Part II - The Question of Thrust to Orbit a Sphere and the Restricted Three-Body Problem) (AAS 93-112), Paul A. Murad 803

Gravity Recovery Analysis Using GPS for Step and a Low-Low Satellite Mission (AAS 93-113), Ronald J. Muellerschoen, Willy I. Bertiger, Sien C. Wu 821

Orbital Decay Prediction for the Relay Mirror Experiment Using Static and Dynamic Atmospheric Models (AAS 93-114), Richard L. Fennessey, Mark A. Reynolds, Daniel E. Snow 833

PCOP: A System for Long-Term Satellite Ephemeris Predictions (AAS 93-115), Kenneth E. Williams 845

APPLICATIONS OF ORBIT DETERMINATION 861

Early Results from the TOPEX/POSEIDON GPS Precise Orbit Determination Demonstration (AAS 93-154), Willy Bertiger, Sien Wu, Tom Yunck, Ron Muellerschoen,

Pascal Willis, Yoaz Bar-Sever, Ab Davis, Bruce Haines, Tim Munson, Steve Lichten, Rick Sunseri 863

Modeling Non-Gravitational Forces Acting on TOPEX/POSEIDON: The Early Days (AAS 93-155), E. J. Christensen, B. G. Williams, D. N. Yuan, K. C. McColl 877

Short Arc Orbit Determination for Altimeter Calibration and Validation on TOPEX/POSEIDON (AAS 93-156), B. G. Williams, E. J. Christensen, D. N. Yuan, K. C. McColl,

R. F. Sunseri 889

Preliminary GPS Orbit Determination Results for the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (AAS 93-157), Kenn Gold, Willy Bertiger, Sien Wu, Tom Yunck 901

Error Modeling for GPS Geodetic Applications (AAS 93-158), Hyung Jin Rim, Bob E. Schutz, Byron D. Tapley 915

Improved Treatment of GPS Force Parameters in Precise Orbit Determination Applications (AAS 93-159), Yvonne Vigue, Stephen M. Lichten, Ron J. Muellerschoen,

Geoff Blewitt, Michael B. Heflin 929

A Demonstration of TDRS Orbit Determination Using Differential Tracking Observables from GPS Ground Receivers (AAS 93-160), Stephen M. Lichten, Charles D. Edwards, Lawrence E. Young, Sumita Nandi, Charles Dunn, Bruce J. Haines 937

Evaluation of Landsat-4 Orbit Determination Accuracy Using Batch Least-Squares and Sequential Methods (AAS 93-161), D. H. Oza, T. L. Jones, R. Feiertag, M. V. Samii, C. E. Doll,

G. D. Mistretta, R. C. Hart 955

GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION 971

Observability During Planetary Approach Navigation (AAS 93-162), Robert H. Bishop, P. Daniel Burkhart, Sam W. Thurman 973

Radio Doppler Navigation of Interplanetary Spacecraft Using Different Data Processing Modes (AAS 93-163), S. W. Thurman, J. A. Estefan 985

In-Situ Radio-Metric Tracking to Support Navigation for Interplanetary Missions with Multiple Spacecraft (AAS 93-164), Robert D. Kahn, Sam W. Thurman, Charles D. Edwards 1005

Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry Measurements of Planetary Orbiters at Mars and Venus (AAS 93-165), Peter M. Kroger, William M. Folkner, Byron A. Iijima,

Claude E. Hildebrand 1023

Asteroid Approach Covariance Analysis for the Clementine Mission (AAS 93-166), Rodica Ionasescu, David Sonnabend 1039

Determination of Radio-Frame Position for Earth and Jupiter from Ulysses Encounter Tracking (AAS 93-167), W. M. Folkner, T. P. McElrath 1051

Demonstration of Use of a Real Time Tone Tracker to Obtain Same Beam Interferometry Data (AAS 93-168), S. Nandi, J. S. Border, W. M. Folkner 1061

Higher-Order Ionospheric Effects on the GPS Observables and Means of Modeling Them (AAS 93-169), Sassan Bassiri, George A. Hajj 1071

AEROBRAKING/AEROASSIST 1087

Description and Performance Analysis of a Generalized Optimal Algorithm for Aerobraking Guidance (AAS 93-172), Steven W. Evans, Greg A. Dukeman 1089

Mars Aeroassist to Asteroids (Part I) (AAS 93-174), Walker S. Vaning 1109

Approximate Chattering Arc for Aerobraking Maneuver (AAS 93-175), Jeng-Shing Chern, Chung-Chen Lai 1127

Analytic Theory of Optimal Plane Change by Low Aerodynamic Forces (AAS 93-176), Der-Ming Ma, Chi-Hang Wu, Nguyen X. Vinh 1139

Near-Optimal Aerocapture Trajectories with Full Orbital Element Control (AAS 93-170) Abstract, Gordon R. Woodcock 1155

ORBIT TRANSFERS 1157

Jupiter Swing-By Trajectories Passing Near the Earth (AAS 93-177), Roger A. Broucke, Antonio F. B. A. Prado 1159

Transfer Trajectories for Distant Retrograde Orbiters of the Earth (AAS 93-180), Cesar A. Ocampo, George W. Rosborough 1177

Exploiting Orbital Effects for Short-Range Extravehicular Transfers (AAS 93-181), Trevor Williams, David Baughman 1201

Parametric Studies and Orbital Analysis for an Electric Orbit Transfer Vehicle Space Flight Demonstration (AAS 93-182), Edward R. Avila 1215

The Problem of Transfer Orbits from One Body Back to the Same Body (AAS 93-183), Antonio F. B. A. Prado, Roger A. Broucke 1241

TETHERED/MULTI-BODY SPACECRAFT AND SPECIAL TOPICS 1261

Effects of Aerodynamic Lift on the Stability of Tethered Subsatellite System (AAS 93-184), Mehdi Keshmiri, Arun K. Misra 1263

The Atmospheric Flight Equations of a Tethered Hypersonic Waverider (AAS 93-185), Gyounghyun Bae, Eunsup Sim, Jewel B. Barlow 1283

Dynamics of a Tethered Satellite System (AAS 93-186), Gyounghyun Bae, Eunsup Sim, Jewel B. Barlow 1297

The Hybrid Control of an Orbiting Flexible Tethered Antenna/Reflector System (AAS 93-187), Zhaozhi Tan, Peter M. Bainum 1311

Optimal Detumbling of Multibody Systems (AAS 93-188), Naveed Hussain, Thomas R. Kane 1329

On the Dynamics of the SFU (AAS 93-189), V. J. Modi, A. C. Ng 1345

A Cost Analysis for a Nuclear Space Tug (AAS 93-190), Lynette F. Ortiz 1361

The Gravity Probe B “Niobium Bird” Experiment: Verifying the Data Reduction Scheme for Estimating the Relativistic Precession of Earth-Orbiting Gyroscopes (AAS 93-191), Hirohiko Uematsu, Bradford W. Parkinson 1375

A Low-Cost, Near-Term Pluto/Charon Flyby Mission (AAS 93-194), Tomas Svitek, Robert Lindberg, Bruce Murray,

G. Edward Danielson, Duane Muhleman 1395

APPENDICES 1411

Publications of the American Astronautical Society 1412

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series 1413

Science and Technology Series 1419

AAS History Series 1424

INDEX 1425

Numerical Index 1427

Author Index 1432