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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

The 1999 Astrodynamics Conference was hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and co-sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The conference was held August 16-19, 1999, at the Westin Alyeska Prince Hotel, Girdwood, Alaska. There were some 156 papers presented in 21 technical sessions. These astrodynamics conferences have been held annually since the mid-1960s, managed alternatively by the AAS and the AIAA. Every second year the AAS publishes the proceedings. Astrodynamics 1999, Volume 103, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, consists of three parts totaling about 2720 pages. All of the available papers appear in full in Volume 103.

(Extracted from the Foreword).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part III:

-Prediction/Uncertainty.

-Nonlinear Methods for the Propagation of Orbital Uncertainty.
-Satellite Drag Error Growth Estimation.
-Improved Space Surveillance Network Observation Error Modeling and Techniques for Force Model Error Mitigation.
-Covariance as an Estimator of Orbit Prediction Error Growth for Geosynchronous Orbits.
-Covariance as an Estimator of Orbit Prediction Error Growth in the Presence of Unknown Sensor Biases.
-Monte-Carlo Analysis of Nonimpulsive Orbital Transfers Under Thrust Errors, 1.
-Element Set Prediction Accuracy Assessment.

-Attitude Estimation.

-Spacecraft Angular Velocity Estimation Using Sequential Observations of a Single Vector.
-How to Estimate Attitude From Vector Observations.
-A Fully-Redundant Set of Single-Axis Accelerometers.
-Mass-Properties Estimation for Spacecraft With Powerful Damping.
-DIGISTAR II Micro-Star Tracker: Autonomous On-Orbit Calibration and Attitude Estimation.
-Multiple Approaches for GYRO Calibration of Intelsat Satellites.
-Precision Attitude Estimation With Star Trackers: Experience, Error Models and Their Interpretations.
-Landsat-4 Attitude Recovery and Other Experiences With Aging Landsat Spacecraft.

-Guidance and Navigation.

-Image Navigation Based on Landmark and Earth Edge Measurements.
-Low Cost Spacecraft Attitude Determination by Magnetic Orbital Gyrocompassing.
-SP-Search Star Pattern Recognition for Multiple Fields of View Star Trackers.
-Earth-Sun Attitude Sensor: Hardware Design and Ground Test.
-Autonomous Navigation Using Celestial Objects.
-Calibration of Radioelectric Data for General Relativity and Solar Plasma During the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Spacecraft Solar Conjunction.
-Navigation Strategy for the Mars 2001 Lander Mission.
-Navigation of Mars Mission - Nozomi.
-Navigating Mars Global Surveyor Through the Martian Atmosphere. Aerobraking 2.

-Orbit Dynamics.

-Trobles With Lambert.
-Velocity Distribution of Satellite Breakups.
-Third Body Short Period Terms in Analytic Orbit Prediction.
-Relation Between Osculating and Mean Orbital Elements in the Case of the Second Order Theory.
-On the Improved Orbit Stability Criterion Around an Irregularly Shaped Body.
-Dynamical Issues Associated With Relative Configurations of Multiple Spacecraft Near the Sun-Earth/Moon L1 Point.
-The Genesis Trajectory and Heteroclinic Connections.

-Attitude Dynamics.

-Velocity Pointing Errors Associated With Spinning Thrusting Spacecraft.
-Periodic Solutions for a Spinning Asymmetric of Flexible Multibody Systems.
-Rotational Motions of a Satellite in a Circular Orbit.
-Translational Motion of Gravity Gradient Stabilized Satellite Due to Attitude Oscillation.
-Attitude Dynamics of Spinning Bodies With Substantial Mass Loss.
-Nonlinear Dynamics of a Viscously Damped Spacecraft With a Flexible Appendage and Time-Dependent Forcing.
-Relative Equilibria of Orbiting Gyrostats.
-A Simplified Variation of Parameters Solution for the Motion of an Arbitrarily-Torqued Asymmetric Rigid Body.

-Asteroids and Comets.

-Asteroid Close Encounters With Earth: Risk Assessment.
-Predicting Close Apporaches and Estimating Impact Probabilities for Near Earth Objects.
-Determination of Eros Physical Parameters for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Orbit Phase Navigation.
-Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Revised Orbit Phase Trajectory Design.
-Preliminary Planning for NEAR's Low-Altitude Operations at 433 Eros.
-Rendezvous Mission at a First-Apparition Comet.
-How Much Thrust, or Propellant Does it Take to Guide a Natural Celestial Body?
-Entry Dispersion Analysis for the Genesis Sample Return Capsule.

-Appendices.
-Index