CONTENTS
(Volume 89, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Spaceflight Mechanics 1995)

Page

FOREWORD vii

PREFACE ix

Part I

ORBIT DETERMINATION 1

Operational Orbit Decay Prediction and Monitoring at the Goddard Space Flight Center Flight Dynamics Division (AAS 95-100), E. A. Smith, S. M. Good, E. L. Cox and T. L. Harrington 3

Assessment of Semiempirical Atmospheric Density Models for Orbit Determination (AAS 95-101), D. H. Oza, R. J. Feiertag, and C. E. Doll 21

Star Catalogs from the USNO PMM (AAS 95-102), David G. Monet 43

Drag Effects on the Geodetic Satellite, Starlette (AAS 95-103), Minkang Cheng 49

An Assessment of TDRSS for Precision Orbit Determination (AAS 95-104), J. A. Marshall, F. J. Lerch, S. B. Luthcke, R. G. Williamson and J. C. Chan 65

Use of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System in Precision Orbit Determination: A Covariance Analysis Study (AAS 95-105), P. Roesset, J. B. Lundberg and B. D. Tapley 77

Parameter Optimization Using Adaptive Bound Genetic Algorithms (AAS 95-140), Michael T. Carter and Srinivas R. Vadali 95

Use of a Genetic Algorithm to Generate Earth to Moon Trajectories (AAS 95-141), Elfego Pinon, III and Wallace T. Fowler 115

Lunar Launch Trajectory Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm (AAS 95-142), Elfego Pinon, III and Wallace T. Fowler 129

Adaptive Kalman Filtering With Genetic Algorithms (AAS 95-143), Wassim S. Chaer and Robert H. Bishop 141

Direct Determination of a Spacecraft Orbit from the Doppler Data Signature (AAS 95-144), Connie J. Weeks, Ann Buschelman and Rosario Sabillo 157

Autonomous Kinematic Positioning Techniques with GPS Pseudorange and Carrier Phase Measurements (AAS 95-145), S. C. Wu and T. P. Yunck 171

TAOS Orbit Determination Results Using Global Positioning Satellites (AAS 95-146), Joseph R. Guinn, Bobby G. Williams, Peter J. Wolff, Richard Fennessey and Terry Wiest 185

PLANETARY MISSIONS 197

APL’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Simulation (AAS 95-109), Robert G. Gottlieb, Steven J. Sponaugle, Michael F. Fraietta and David W. Dunham 199

Satellite Dynamics About Eros (AAS 95-110), D. J. Scheeres 219

Navigation of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (AAS 95-111), James K. Miller, Bobby G. Williams, Willard E. Bollman, Robert P. Davis, Clifford E. Helfrich, Daniel J. Scheeres, Steven P. Synnott, Tseng-Chan M. Wang and Donald K. Yeomans 243

Covariance Analysis of Mars Pathfinder Interplanetary Cruise (AAS 95-112), P. Daniel Burkhart, Robert H. Bishop and Jeffrey A. Estefan 267

Mission to Pluto: A Navigation Assessment (AAS 95-113), R. J. Haw, C. E. Helfrich, R. M. Vaughan, B. G. Williams 285

Clementine II: Preliminary Design of a Possible Lunar Rover and LIDAR Altimeter Mission (AAS 95-114), Mark T. Soyka 299

Multiple Lunar Swingbys for Small Body and Planetary Missions (AAS 95-147), Paul A. Penzo, David F. Bender and Christopher R. Cassell 317

Measurement of Mars Rotational Variations Via Earth-Based Radio Tracking of Mars Landers (AAS 95-149), Robert D. Kahn, William F. Folkner, Robert A. Preston and Charles D. Edwards, Jr. 331

Mars Rover, SmallSat and Communication Team (MARSCOUT): A Cost-Effective Approach in the Exploration of Mars (AAS 95-150), Dung Phu Chi Nguyen 349

Trajectory Optimization of Nodal Re-Encounter Martian Transfer Orbits (AAS 95-151), Brian Sutter 367

Determining Venusian Upper Atmosphere Characteristics Using Magellan Attitude Control Data (AAS 95-152), Raymond C. Espiritu and Robert H. Tolson 377

Multiple Small Space Platforms for Extrasolar Planet Detection (AAS 95-153), George W. Hindman and Wallace T. Fowler 395

CLEMENTINE 405

Mission Design of the Clementine Space Experiment (AAS 95-124), Bernard Kaufman, Jay Middour and Karen Richon 407

Trajectory and Maneuver Planning Products and Procedures for Clementine Operations (AAS 95-125), Jay Middour, Alan Hope, Robert Dasenbrock and Dean Bakeris 423

Clementine: Contingency Options for the Phasing Loops Used in the Lunar Transfer (AAS 95-126), Mark T. Soyka 437

Global Lunar Mapping By The Clementine Spacecraft (AAS 95-127), Trevor C. Sorensen 457

Maneuver Planning and Results for Clementine (The Deep Space Program Science Experiment) (AAS 95-129), J. Carrico, D. Carrington, M. Hametz, P. Jordan, D. Peters, C. Schiff, K. Richon and L. Newman 477

Clementine Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft System Design (AAS 95-130), Paul Regeon and R. Jack Chapman 501

Orbit Determination Support for the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (AAS 95-132), M. Beckman, C. Minnie and C. Yee 515

The Natural Meteoroid Environment Near Earth as Indicated by Data from the Orbital Meteoroid and Debris Counting Experiment on the Clementine Interstage Adapter Spacecraft (AAS 95-128) Abstract, William H. Kinard and Donald H. Humes 535

ATTITUDE CONTROL 537

The Analysis of GPS Attitude Data from a Slowly Rotating, Symmetrical Gravity Gradient Satellite (AAS 95-133), Peter J. Melvin, Lisa M. Ward and Penina Axelrad 539

An H¥-Type Filter for GPS-Based Attitude Determination (AAS 95-134), R. H. Smith 559

Initialization of GPS Receivers and Antennas for Attitude Determination (AAS 95-135), Cary L. Semar, Susan F. Gomez and J. Russell Carpenter 569

Stereographic Orientation Parameters for Attitude Dynamics: A Generalization of the Rodriques Parameters (AAS 95-137), Hanspeter Schaub and John L. Junkins 583

On Singular Controls in Time Optimal Rigid Body Reorientation (AAS 95-138), Robert M. Byers 603

An Inverse-Free Technique for Attitude Control of Spacecraft Using CMGS (AAS 95-139), S. Krishnan and S. R. Vadali 611

A Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Satellite for Low Earth Orbit (AAS 95-173), Linda Pacini and Dave Skillman 625

Simulation and Shuttle Hitchhiker Validation of Passive Satellite Aero-Stabilization (AAS 95-174), Renjith R. Kumar, Daniel D. Mazanek and Michael L. Heck 631

Parametric and Classical Resonance in Passive Satellite Aero- Stabilization (AAS 95-175), Renjith R. Kumar, Daniel D. Mazanek and Michael L. Heck 653

Explicit Elimination of Linearly Appearing Controls (AAS 95-176), Hans Seywald and Renjith R. Kumar 677

Reorientations of Asymmetric Spacecraft Using Two or More Impulses (AAS 95-177), John E. Cochran, Jr., Y-M. Cheng and S. Bigelow 687

Dynamics of Slow-Spinning Axisymmetric Rockets in Free Flight (AAS 95-178), Fidelis O. Eke and Enrique Cervantes 707

Relative Equilibria of a Rigid Body in a Central Gravitational Field, Part 1: The Orthogonal Case (AAS 95-179), Jeffrey A. Beck and Christopher D. Hall 723

Spinup Dynamics of Gyrostats with Two Rotors (AAS 95-205), Christopher D. Hall 743

Deployment Dynamics of a Dumbbell Satellite (AAS 95-206), Benhe Qu and Anthony K. Amos 757

Energy Approach Algorithm for Attitude Determination from Vector Observations (AAS 95-207), Daniele Mortari 773

An Attitude Control and Determination Subsystem for the Fast on-Orbit Recording of Transient Events Satellite (AAS 95-208), S. M. Fox, P. K. Pal and H. Murray 785

Maintaining Control During Failure (AAS 95-209), Donald P. Waters and Mark J. Balas 807

Numerical Identification of Chattering Junctions Using a Direct Optimization Approach (AAS 95-210), Hans Seywald, Jason L. Speyer and Renjith R. Kumar 821

Application of the Least Mean Square (LMS) and Filtered-X Least Mean Square Algorithms to Spacecraft Vibration Compensation (AAS 95-211), Stanley E. Woodard and Abhijit Nagchaudhuri 837

Optimal Control Design Using Error Compensation (AAS 95-172) Abstract, Theodore J. Kim and David G. Hull 851

ASTEROIDS AND COMETS 853

Evaluation of CCD Systems for Near-Earth Object Surveys (AAS 95-169), Alan W. Harris 855

Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroids (AAS 95-170), Steven J. Ostro 869

Near Earth Objects: Orbit Determination and Impact Prediction (AAS 95-171), Donald K. Yeomans and Paul W. Chodas 875

Part II

Page

TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION 889

Optimal Steering for North-South Stationkeeping of Geostationary Spacecraft (AAS 95-118), Jean Albert Kechichian 891

Approximate Initial Lagrange Costates for Continuous Thrust Spacecraft (AAS 95-119), James D. Thorne and Christopher D. Hall 913

Performance of Optimal Synergetic Maneuvers (AAS 95-120), John C. Nicholson and I. Michael Ross 923

The Mechanics of Trajectory Optimization in Terms of Nonsingular Variational Equations in Polar Coordinates (AAS 95-121), Jean Albert Kechichian 937

Effects of Thrust Saturation on Optimal Power-limited Rendezvous of a Spacecraft (AAS 95-122), Cyrus J. Pardis and Thomas E. Carter 959

Investigation of an rbar/cusp Approach for Russian Rendezvous to Space Station Alpha (AAS 95-123), Rodolfo González and Robert D. Culp 979

Transfer Orbits in the Earth-Moon Regularized System (AAS 95-213), Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado and Roger A. Broucke 999

Target State Estimation for Suboptimal Rendezvous Navigation Via Fusion of Inertial and Rendezvous Filter Estimates (AAS 95-214), J. Russell Carpenter and Robert H. Bishop 1013

Near Optimal Transfer Orbit Trajectory Using Electric Propulsion (AAS 95-215), Arnon Spitzer 1031

Optimal Power-Limited Trajectories in an Arbitrary Gravitational Field (AAS 95-216), John E. Prussing 1045

Non-Keplerian Manifestations of the Keplerian Trajectory Equation and a Theory of Orbital Motion Under Continuous Thrust (AAS 95-217), Nikos Markopoulos 1061

Return Trajectory Design of Space Vehicles with Different Lift-to-Drag Ratio (AAS 95-219), Nan Ying and Chen Shilu 1081

Maximum-Payload Trajectories for a Laser-Propelled Launch Vehicle (AAS 95-117) Abstract, W. Edward Humble and Bion L. Pierson 1093

Optimal Low-Thrust Three Dimensional Earth-Moon Trajectories (AAS 95-212) Abstract, Craig A. Kluever and Bion L. Pierson 1094

FLEXIBLE BODY DYNAMICS 1095

Articulating Flexible Multibody Dynamics, Substructure Synthesis and Finite Elements (AAS 95-157), Theodore G. Mordfin 1097

Dynamics and Control of a Flexible Space Platform (AAS 95-161), A. Grewal and V. J. Modi 1117

Control/Structure Interaction Associated with Flexible Expendable Launch Vehicles (AAS 95-162), Rajendra V. Pai, Peter M. Bainum, Feiyue Li and Theodore Porada 1141

Control of Multi-Tethered Satellite Systems Using Lyapunov’s Stability Theory (AAS 95-163), M. Keshmiri, A. K. Misra and V. J. Modi 1161

SPACE DEBRIS 1183

1994 Space Debris Campaign: Preliminary Results (AAS 95-180), G. Taft DeVere, Tim Payne and Gary Wilson 1185

Emperical Debris Analysis (AAS 95-182), David R. Cruickshank 1205

Modelling the Space Debris Evolution: Two New Computer Codes (AAS 95-186), A. Rossi, A. Cordelli, C. Pardini, L. Anselmo and P. Farinella 1217

A Comparison of Debris Cloud Modelling Techniques (AAS 95-187), S. P. Barrows, G. G. Swinerd and R. Crowther 1233

Worst Case Space Debris Environment: What if all Space Objects Broke up? (AAS 95-188), Wayne J. Zimmermann 1249

Analysis of the Rolloff in Optical Orbital Debris Detection Rates with Decreasing Brightness (AAS 95-181) Abstract, John V. Lambert 1269

ORBIT DYNAMICS 1271

Finite-Time Stability Criteria for Sun-Perturbed Planetary Satellites (AAS 95-189), B. A. Steves and A. E. Roy 1273

Closed Form Expressions for Some Gravitational Potentials: Triangle, Rectangle, Pyramid and Polyhedron (AAS 95-190), Roger A. Broucke 1293

An Alternative Representation of the Geopotential (AAS 95-191), James Woodburn, Victor Szebehely and Khalil Zare 1311

A Reversed-Series Solution to the Universal Kepler Equation (AAS 95-192), Andrew J. Staugler, David A. Chart and Robert G. Melton 1331

Dynamics of Satellites with Multiday Periods (AAS 95-193), Joseph J. F. Liu, Victor Szebehely and Khalil Zare 1345

Relative Motion in Highly Elliptical Orbits (AAS 95-194), James L. Garrison, Thomas G. Gardner and Penina Axelrad 1359

Station-Keeping Strategies for Libration Point Orbits: Target Point and Floquet Mode Approaches (AAS 95-195), K. C. Howell and T. M. Keeter 1377

Long Term Evolution of Artificial Satellite Orbits Due to Resonant Tesseral Harmonics (AAS 95-196), Todd A. Ely and Kathleen C. Howell 1397

Tesseral Harmonic Effects for Molniya Orbits (AAS 95-197), Daniel J. Fonte, Jr. 1415

Orbit Maintenance and Maneuver Design for the EOS Laser Altimeter Satellite (AAS 95-220), Samsung Lim and Bob E. Schutz 1437

A New Six Satellite Constellation for Optimal Continuous Global Coverage (AAS 95-221), Thomas J. Lang and Janet L. Meyer 1451

Application of Sun-Synchronous Critically Inclined Orbits to Global Personal Communications Systems (AAS 95-222), Chris Sabol, Paul J. Cefola and Rick Metzinger 1459

Orbit Propagation Using Bulirsch-Stoer Integration (AAS 95-224), David J. Pohlen and Nathan A. Titus 1485

Semianalytic Satellite Theory: Truncation Algorithms (AAS 95-225), D. A. Danielson and C. P. Sagovac 1501

Adaption of Chebyshev Methods for Precise Integration of Perturbed Harmonic Oscillators (AAS 95-226), David L. Richardson and J. Vigo Aquiar 1525

DYNAMICS AND SPACE DEBRIS 1535

The Air Force Space Debris Research Program (AAS 95-198), Scott R. Maethner, David B. Spencer and Alan B. Jenkin 1537

Debris Study of the Clementine/Titan II Upper Stage Breakup (AAS 95-199), Alan B. Jenkin, Deanna L. Mains and Marlon E. Sorge 1553

Long Term Behavior of Inactive Satellites and Debris Near Geosynchronous Orbits (AAS 95-200), S. H. Vaughan and T. L. Mullikin 1571

Sensitivity of the LEO Orbital Debris Environment to Satellite Breakup Parameters (AAS 95-201), Ronald A. Madler and Robert D. Culp 1587

A Free Molecule Aerodynamic Investigation Using Multiple Satellite Analysis (AAS 95-202), I. K. Harrison and G. G. Swinerd 1601

Optical Calibration of Common Spacecraft Materials (AAS 95-203), Robert D. Culp and Ian J. Gravseth 1619

Kawajalein Missile Range Contribution to the 1994 Debris Campaign (AAS 95-236), G. Duff, A. Gerber and D. Izatt 1629

TOPEX/MSX 1639

TOPEX/Poseidon Precision Orbit Determination: “Quick-Look” Operations and Orbit Verification (AAS 95-228), L. A. Cangahuala, E. J. Christensen, E. J. Graat, B. G. Williams and P. J. Wolff 1641

Calibration of the TOPEX/Poseidon Radar Altimeter Using Short-Arc Orbit Determination (AAS 95-229), P. J. Wolff, B. G. Williams, E. J. Christensen and B. J. Haines 1655

Filtering TOPEX SLR Data (AAS 95-230), Richard S. Hujsak and G. C. Gilbreath 1665

Space-Based Space Surveillance with MSX (AAS 95-231), E. Michael Gaposchkin 1681

Reduction and Analysis of MSX Surveillance Data (AAS 95-234), E. Michael Gaposchkin, Mark T. Lane and Rick I. Abbot 1691

MSX Precision Ephemeris Generation (AAS 95-235), Rick I. Abbot, C. von Braun and G. E. Powell 1711

APPENDICES 1723

Publications of the American Astronautical Society 1725

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series 1726

Science and Technology Series 1732

AAS History Series 1738

INDEX 1739

Numerical Index 1741

Author Index 1748