CONTENTS
(Volume 93, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Spaceflight Mechanics 1996)

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FOREWORD vii

PREFACE ix

Part I

MISSION DESIGN - LUNAR AND TRANSLUNAR TRAJECTORIES 1

Approximate Solutions for Lunar Trajectory and Vehicle Optimization Using Electric Propulsion (AAS 96-100), Craig A. Kluever and Kun-Rong Chang 3

Optimal, Low-Thrust, Earth-Moon Orbit Transfers (AAS 96-101), Albert L. Herman and Bruce A. Conway 15

Trajectory State Estimation for a Translunar and Weakly Bound Spacecraft in the Earth-Moon-Sun System (AAS 96-103), David C. Folta and Christopher T. Knapp 33

Multiple Lunar Flyby Targeting for the WIND Mission (AAS 96-104), David C. Folta and Peter J. Sharer 53

CLL Lunar Trajectory Design (AAS 96-105), Lynn A. Wagner, Jr. and Nancy A. Wilks 69

CONTROL AND FILTERING THEORY 83

Phase Cancellation Learning Control Using FFT Weighted Frequency Response Identification (AAS 96-106), Richard W. Longman and Yiping Wang 85

Desensitized Optimal Trajectories (AAS 96-107), Hans Seywald and Renjith R. Kumar 103

A New Class of Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter (AAS 96-108), David R. Cruickshank and George H. Born 117

Design of Digital Learning Controllers Using a Partial Isometry (AAS 96-109), Hyun Sang Jang and Richard W. Longman 137

Comparison of Distributed Filtering Algorithms Based on Minimum Variance Methods (AAS 96-110), Nassib Nabaa, J. Russell Carpenter and Robert H. Bishop 153

Genetically Programmed Adaptive Software for Spacecraft Automation (AAS 96-111), Brendan M. O’Connor 171

ORBITAL DEBRIS 191

Proposed Development of Department of Defense (DOD) Debris Mitigation Guidelines (AAS 96-112), W. Spencer Campbell, Marlon E. Sorge, David B. Spencer and Scott R. Maethner 193

Introducing IDES: Characterising the Orbital Debris Environment in the Past, Present and Future (AAS 96-113), R. Walker, S. Hauptmann, R. Crowther, H. Stokes and A. Cant 201

Determination of the Sizes and Masses of Debris Objects (AAS 96-114), Ian J. Gravseth and Robert D. Culp 221

A New and Detailed Evaluation of the Number and Masses of Objects in Earth Orbit (AAS 96-115), Peter Eichler and Phillip Anz-Meador 231

Signature Analysis of Debris Data from the 1994 Air Force Space Command Debris Campaign (AAS 96-116), Susan E. Andrews 251

Characteristics of Debris and Implications for Detection and Tracking (AAS 96-117), R. Sridharan 265

Debris in Geosynchronous Orbits (AAS 96-118), A. F. Pensa, G. E. Powell, E. W. Rork and R. Sridharan 277

An Examination of the Histories of Interesting Debris Satellites (AAS 96-120), G. Taft DeVere and Robert B. Teets 289

ORBIT MODELING 307

Cryogen Thrust Modeling for MSX Ephemeris Generation (AAS 96-121), C. von Braun 309

Longitudinal Acceleration Modeling for the GPS Block IIR Spacecraft (AAS 96-122), S. H. Vaughan and J. V. Taylor 325

Gravity Acceleration Approximation Functions (AAS 96-123), Richard S. Hujsak 335

Earth Gravitational Error Budget for Space Control (AAS 96-124), William N. Barker, Stephen J. Casali and Richard N. Wallner 351

Compression of Satellite Orbits (AAS 96-125), Shannon L. Coffey, Barbara Eckstein and Bernard Kelm 371

Drag Coefficients of Spheres in Free-Molecular Flow (AAS 96-126), Kenneth Moe, Mildred M. Moe and Steven D. Wallace 391

An Evaluation of Jacchia 71 and MSIS90 Atmosphere Models with NASA ODERACS Decay Data (AAS 96-127), C. C. Chao, G. R. Gunning, K. Moe and T. J. Settecerri 407

Modeling Surface Forces on the Geodetic Satellite, Ajisai (AAS 96-128), Minkang Cheng, Arata Sengoku and Bob E. Schutz 425

SHUTTLE/MIR 439

STS-71 Shuttle/Mir GNC Mission Overview (AAS 96-129), Douglas Zimpfer and Peter Spehar 441

Structural Integration of the Space Shuttle and the Mir Space Station (AAS 96-130), James D. Dagen 461

Shuttle Stability and Control of the STS-71 Shuttle/Mir Mated Configuration (AAS 96-131), Douglas Zimpfer, Christopher Kirchwey, David Hanson, Mark Jackson and Nancy Smith 473

Identification of Shuttle/Mir Structural Dynamics for Notch Filter Tuning (AAS 96-132), Mark Jackson, Douglas Zimpfer and Janet Lepanto 493

Flutter of Solar Arrays in Rarefied Jet Plumes (AAS 96-133), Joel A. Storch 511

Development of Reduced Ordered Controller for Large Orbiting Platforms in Discrete-Time Domain (AAS 96-162), Aprille J. Ericsson-Jackson, Peter M. Bainum and Guangqian Xing 529

ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE THEORY 549

Satellite Motion in a Vinti Potential (AAS 96-135), Lonnie M. Rater 551

Canonical Elements for Perturbed Orbital Motion using an Arbitrary Time Parameter (AAS 96-136), Luis Floría 571

A Set of Regular and Uniform Elements for Satellites of High Eccentricity and Multiday Period (AAS 96-137), K. Zare, V. Szebehely and J. J. F. Liu 589

The TOPEX Orbit in Orlov’s Plane and Other Applications of Orbit Local Spherical Harmonics (AAS 96-138), Peter J. Melvin 601

Frozen Orbits for the Zonal Moon Potential (AAS 96-139), A. Elipe, V. Lanchares and M. Lara 621

The Orbital Motion of the Martian Satellites: An Application of Artificial Satellite Theory (AAS 96-140), Robert A. Jacobson 633

ORBIT DETERMINATION - NEAR EARTH 653

Evaluation of the Shuttle Orbit Control Accuracy During the SIR-C/X-SAR Mission (AAS 96-141), Alberto Foni and Claudio Canu 655

The Inclusion of the Naval Space Command Satellite Theory PPT2 in the R&D GTDS Orbit Determination System (AAS 96-142), P. J. Cefola, D. J. Fonte and N. Shah 665

Application of the Extended Kalman Filter for Relative Navigation in an Elliptical Orbit (AAS 96-143), James L. Garrison and Penina Axelrad 693

A Gemini Puzzle - Optical Imaging 30 Years Ago (AAS 96-144), Ralph G. Schinnerer 713

A Kalman Filter for Orbit Determination with Applications to GPS and Stellar Navigation (AAS 96-145), Peter J. Melvin 719

Parallel Processing of Uncorrelated Observations into Satellite Orbits (AAS 96-146), Shannon L. Coffey, Edna Jenkins, Harold L. Neal and Herbert Reynolds 739

Dynamics and Orbit Determination of Tethered Satellite Systems (AAS 96-147), J. E. Cochran, Jr., S. Cho, Y-M. Cheng and D. A. Cicci 757

MISSION DESIGN - INTERPLANETARY 777

Optimal Gravity-Assisted Spacecraft Trajectories for Out-of-Ecliptic Interplanetary Missions (AAS 96-149), Seid Hossein Pourtakdoust and Mir Abbas Jalali 779

Perturbation Forces Acting on the Rosetta Spacecraft in a Close Orbit Around Comet P/Wirtanen (AAS 96-150), Eberhard Gill, Oliver Montenbruck and Martin Pätzold 787

An Analytic Approximation to Very High Specific Impulse & Specific Power Interplanetary Space Mission Analysis (AAS 96-151), Craig Hamilton Williams 801

Adaptive Orbit Determination for Interplanetary Spacecraft (AAS 96-152), P. Daniel Burkhart and Robert H. Bishop 819

Mission Plan for Mars Global Surveyor (AAS 96-153), Wayne Lee and Wayne Sidney 839

MISR Interplanetary Trajectory Design (AAS 96-154), Lynn A. Wagner, Jr. and Michelle M. Munk 859

Sphere-of-Influence to Planet-Fixed Coordinates Targeting (AAS 96-155), Victor R. Bond and Michelle M. Munk 877

Part II

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ATTITUDE DYNAMICS, CONTROL AND DETERMINATION 891

A Fast on-Board Autonomous Attitude Determination System Based on a New Star-ID Technique for a Wide FOV Star Tracker (AAS 96-158), Daniele Mortari 893

Nonlinear Instabilities in a Dual-Spin Spacecraft With an Axial Nutational Damper (AAS 96-159), Paul A. Meehan and Samuel F. Asokanthan 905

Dynamics of a Near-Symmetrical Spacecraft Driven by a Constant Thrust (AAS 96-160), Trevor Williams and Sergei Tanygin 925

Monotonic Vibration Suppression Using Repetitive Control and Windowing Techniques (AAS 96-161), Yiping Wang and Richard W. Longman 945

Dynamics of a Satellite Retracting a Long Elastic Appendage (AAS 96-163), Shlomo Djerassi 967

ATTDES - A System for Satellite Attitude Determination and Control (AAS 96-171), Donald L. Mackison and Kevin Gifford 983

Adaptive External Torque Estimation by Means of Tracking a Lyapunov Function (AAS 96-172), Hanspeter Schaub, Rush D. Robinett and John L. Junkins 995

Euler-q Algorithm for Attitude Determination from Vector Observations (AAS 96-173), Daniele Mortari 1009

Predictive Filtering for Attitude Estimation Without Rate Sensors (AAS 96-174), John L. Crassidis and F. Landis Markley 1021

Attitude Control of Small Satellites Using Fuzzy Logic (AAS 96-175), B. Petermann and A. K. Misra 1039

Attitude Control and Momentum Management of Spacecraft Based on a Sensitivity Observation (AAS 96-176), Renjith R. Kumar and Hans Seywald 1059

On Improving the Galileo Scan Platform Cone Controller Performance in Cruise Mode Remote Sensing (AAS 96-177), Che-Hang Charles Ih, Kathryn B. Hilbert, Elihu H. McMahon II and Khosrow A. Bahrami 1073

Chaotic Dynamics of a Spacecraft With a Nearly Symmetric Flexible Appendage and Energy Dissipation Via a Nonlinear Controller (AAS 96-219), Gary L. Gray, Andre P. Mazzoleni and David R. Campbell III 1093

A Variation of Parameters Approach for the Solution of the Differential Equations for the Rotational Motion of a Rigid Body (AAS 96-178) Abstract, Victor R. Bond 1113

ORBIT DETERMINATION/TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION 1115

Cross-Calibration of ERS-2 Radar Altimeter Using Precision ERS Orbits (AAS 96-164), C. Rajasenan, M. Anzenhofer, Th. Gruber, F-H. Massmann and Ch. Reigber 1117

Gravity Tuning Experiments for the Precise Orbit Determination of the EOS Altimeter Satellite (EOS ALT/GLAS) Using the GPS Tracking Data (AAS 96-165), Hyung Jin Rim, George W. Davis and Bob E. Schutz 1131

A Systematic Approach to the Precision Orbit Determination of the GEOSAT Exact Repeat Mission Utilizing TRANET Doppler Data (AAS 96-166), M. J. Gabor and J. C. Ries 1149

Mainbelt Asteroid Rendezvous Missions Using Solar Electric and Solar Sail Propulsion (AAS 96-167), Chad A. McFarland and Manfred Leipold 1169

Advanced Launch System Trajectory Optimization (AAS 96-168), P. Daniel Burkhart and David G. Hull 1185

Optimal Descent Trajectories for Scientific Payloads Using ICBM-Converted Small Launchers (AAS 96-170), Paolo Teofilatto 1197

Design of Satellites Constellations for Regional Coverage (AAS 96-208), Filippo M. Soccorsi and Giovanni B. Palmerini 1209

ORBIT DETERMINATION USING GPS 1221

Orbit Determination of the Orbital Re-entry Experiment (OREX) Spacecraft by GPS (AAS 96-179), Masaaki Murata, Masatoshi Harigae and Toshiaki Tsujii 1223

STS-69 Relative Positioning GPS Experiment (AAS 96-180), C. Schroeder, B. E. Schutz and P. A. M. Abusali 1239

Flight Data Results of Estimate Fusion for Spacecraft Rendezvous Navigation From Shuttle Mission STS-69 (AAS 96-181), J. Russell Carpenter and Robert H. Bishop 1257

Flight Test Results from Realtime Relative GPS Flight Experiment on STS-69 (AAS 96-182), Y. Park, J. Brazzel, R. Carpenter, H. Hinkel and J. Newman 1277

Orbit Estimation Results for TOPEX/POSEIDON Based on GPS Tracking Data (AAS 96-183), Everett R. Swift, Michael J. Merrigan and M. Wendel Gouldman 1297

Spacecraft Autonomous Navigation for Earth Ground Track Repeat Orbits Using GPS (AAS 96-184), Joseph R. Guinn, Timothy N. Munson and Mark A. Vincent 1313

Precision Orbit Determination for GFO and GFO-2 (AAS 96-185), Kelly Irish, Kenn Gold, George Born, Robert Markin, Angie Reichert, Patrick Binning, Penina Axelrad and Charles Behre 1331

Autonomous Navigation of Block II-R GPS Satellites Using Cross-Link Measurements (AAS 96-186), P. A. M. Abusali, B. D. Tapley, and B. E. Schutz 1343

MISSION ANALYSIS 1361

Modeling the Internal Effects Within a Habitable Module Due to a Perforation by an Orbital Debris Particle (AAS 96-187), W. P. Schonberg, Q. Davenport, J. Serrano, D. Gala, D. J. Liquornik, R. A. Hayami and J. E. Williamsen 1363

Predictive Controller for Space Contact Simulators (AAS 96-188), M. M. Wahbah 1383

On-Orbit Application of H-Infinity to the Middeck Active Controls Experiment: Overview of Results (AAS 96-189), Jessica A. Woods-Vedeler and Lucas G. Horta 1403

Demonstrating Lunar Oxygen Production: The Texas Interdisciplinary Student Mission Design Project (AAS 96-191), Calina C. Seybold, Mark Fischer, Wallace T. Fowler, Ronny Baccus and Aaron Cohen 1421

The DATA-CHASER HitchHiker Project as a Demonstration of Distributed Operations for Small Payloads (AAS 96-192), Ryan W. Shepperd and Jason R. Willis 1431

DRACO, A Demonstration and Research GAS Can Orbiter for Advanced Technology Demonstration in Low Earth Orbit (AAS 96-193), W. Travis Horton and Frank J. Redd 1443

The Educational Ozone Researcher: A 1995 USRA STEDI Finalist (AAS 96-218), Linden H. McClure and Ellen L. Riddle 1459

LOW THRUST, POWER LIMITED AND CONTINUOUS THRUST MISSIONS 1475

Optimal Low-Thrust Interception of Earth-Crossing Asteroids (AAS 96-195), Bruce A. Conway 1477

Inclination Change Efficiency: A Geocentric Orbit Transfer Guidance Method Using Continuous Low Thrust (AAS 96-196), Seongpil Yoon and Dan G. Tuckness, Jr. 1495

Optimal Continuous Thrust Orbit Transfers (AAS 96-197), James D. Thorne and Christopher D. Hall 1505

Closed-Form Thrust Acceleration for Optimal Power-Limited Trajectories (AAS 96-198), John E. Prussing 1517

Power-Limited Transfers Between Two Coplanar Conics, Under Continuous Keplerian Thrust (AAS 96-200), Nikos Markopoulos 1529

Optimal Low-Thrust Interplanetary Trajectories by Direct Method Techniques (AAS 96-194) Abstract, Craig A. Kluever 1549

Shells of Multiple Thrust in Power-Limited Rendezvous of a Spacecraft (AAS 96-199) Abstract, Thomas E. Carter and Cyrus J. Pardis 1550

MISSION DESIGN - NEAR EARTH 1551

Stability of the Pendular Motion of a Tethered System in Elliptical Orbit (AAS 96-201), M. Ruiz, J. Peláez and E. C. Lorenzini 1553

Strategies for Maximizing the Lifetime of the SEDSAT Satellite (AAS 96-202), J. Peláez, M. Ruiz and E. C. Lorenzini 1571

Post Deployment Recontact Issues for the SEDS/SEDSAT Mission (AAS 96-203), Steven W. Evans 1589

Altimeter Data Treatment and Orbit Selection for TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 (AAS 96-204), J. J. Martínez Benjamín and D. Sánchez-Ariz 1605

Repeat Ground Track Analysis for the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (AAS 96-205), Samsung Lim and Bob E. Schutz 1615

Estimation of Ice Sheet Surface Elevation Change from the EOS Laser Altimeter Satellite (ICESAT) Crossover Simulation (AAS 96-206), C. James Choe and Bob E. Schutz 1623

GSO MISSION PLANNING/GPS-INS SYSTEMS 1639

On the Inertial Measurement Unit Using Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (AAS 96-209), Hirokimi Shingu, Masatoshi Harigae, Toshiaki Tsujii, Kazutoshi Ishikawa and Yoshikazu Miyazawa 1641

Error Analysis and Stability Investigation of Integrated GPS/INS Navigation Systems (AAS 96-210), Dah-Jing Jwo and Dan G. Tuckness, Jr. 1651

A Symplectic Map for Geosynchronous Orbit Propagation (AAS 96-212), Albert A. Jackson 1671

Geosynchronous Surveillance With a Space-Based Sensor (AAS 96-214), W. F. Burnham and R. Sridharan 1683

Launch Recovery Mission for the Koreasat Flight 1 (AAS 96-215), Han Hwangbo and Soongjoo Im 1697

Control Law Design for Autonomous Station Collocation of Satellites (AAS 96-216), Hyochoong Bang, Bonkyu Park, Sungkyu Kim and Han Hwangbo 1707

APPENDICES 1725

Publications of the American Astronautical Society 1727

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 1728

Science and Technology Series 1734

AAS History Series 1740

INDEX 1741

Numerical Index 1743

Author Index 1751