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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in two parts presents the proceedings of the 11th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in Santa Barbara, California, February 11-15, 2001.

(Extracted from the Praface).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part I:

-Mars Missions 1.

-Mars Global Surveyor Mapping Orbit Determination.
-Optimal Orbits for Sparse Constellations of Mars Navigation Satellites.
-Mars Surface Asset Positioning Using In-Situ Radio Tracking.
-Orbit Determination for Nozomi.
-An Energy Controller Aerocapture Guidance Algorithm for the Mars Sample Return Orbiter.
-Orbit Selection of a Complementary Data Relay Mission for the CNES Aerocapture Demonstrator.

-Attitude Control.

-A Local Optimization Technique for Attitude Motion Tracking Using Control Movement Gyroscopes.
-Minimizing the Effects of Transverse Torques During Thrusting for Spin Stabilized Spacecraft.
-Optimal Design of Generalized Three-Dimensional Active Coning Attenuator for a Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust.
-Constrained Optimization of Passive Coning Attenuators for Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust.
-Simultaneous Precession Maneuver and Active Nutation Control.
-Large Angle Attitude State Tracking Control Using GPS Output Feedback.

-Orbital Debris.

-Covariance Generation for Space Objects Using Public Data.
-A New Analytical Method for the Determination of the Average Density of a Debris Cloud.
-Analysis of the Collision Risk Associated With GPS Disposal Orbit Instability.
-A Method for Calculating Collision Probability Between a Satellite and a Space Tether.
-Estimation and Prediction of Orbital Debris Reentry Trajectories.
-Energetic Cost and Viability of the Proposed Space Debris Mitigation Measures.
-Analytical Expressions for Computing Spacecraft Collision Probabilities.

-Mars Missions 2

-Lidar-Based Hazard Avoidance for Safe Landing on Mars.
-Optimal Use of Electric Propulsion for a Phobos Sample Return Mission.
-Aim Point Biasing Methods in Case of Planetary Protection Requirement.

-Attitude Dynamics.

-Man, Like These Attitudes Are Totally Random!: I. Quaternions.
-Man, Like These Attitudes Are Totally Random!: II. Other Representations.
-Energy Transfer Between Rotation and Revolution Via the Gravity Gradient.
-Spin Release Mechanism for Small Space Probe Separation.
-Dynamics Analysis of ADEOS With Flexible Solar Array Paddle.

-Atmospheric Flight and Modelling.

-Atmospheric Density Variation at 1500-4000 Km Height Determined From Long Term Orbit Perturbation Analysis.

-Missions to Small Bodies I.

-Autonomous Descent and Touch-Down Via Optical Sensors.
-MUSES-C Touch-Down Simulation on the Ground.
-Robotic Lander Minerva, Its Mobility and Surface Exploration.
-A test of Autonomous Navigation Using Near Laser Rangefinder Data.
-Design and Analysis of Landing and Low-Altitude Asteroid Flyovers.

-Attitude Control and Determination I.

-A Fail-Safe Controller for an Underactuated Rigid Spacecraft.
-Feedback Control of Rigid Body Attitude With Inclinometer and Low-Cost Gyro Measurements.
-Equilibria of a Satellite Subjected to a Constant Torque: Analysis of Stability.
-Kalman Filtering Using the Quaternion Extracted From Vector Measurements.
-Rejection of Multiple Periodic Disturbances Using MELMS With Disturbance Identification.
-Magnetic Attitude Determination and Control of Inertial Pointing Small Momentum Bias Spacecraft.
-Segmented Modelling of the geomagnetic Field for Use as High Accuracy Reference Vector.

-Navigation.

-Simulation of High Accuracy Inter-Satellite Ranging Measurements.
-The Orbit and Maneuver Estimation of Interplanetary Mission Based on Delta VLBI and Radiometric Measurements.
-Accurate Navigation for Lunar Lander/Orbiter Based on Crater Identification.
-Recursive Mode Star Identification Algorithms.
-A Factorization and Least-Squares Method for Multi-Pass Sensor Alignment Calibration.
-Spacecraft Rendezvous Using GPS Relative Navigation.

-Missions to Small Bodies II.

-On the Multiple Sample and Return Opportunities From Near Earth Asteroids.
-Approaching Small Bodies.
-On the Dynamical Behaviours of a Spacecraft Orbiting Elongated Celestial Bodies.
-Maneuver Strategy for Station Keeping and Global Mapping Around an Asteroid.
-Hovering and Translational Motions Over Small Bodies.

-Interplaneatry Missions.

-New Trajectory Options for Ballistic Mercury Orbiter Mission.
-Sun-Mars Libration Points and Mars Mission Simulations.
-Trajectory Design and Mission Analysis of Fast, Outer Solar System Travel.
-Optimal Out-of-the-Ecliptic Trajectories for Space-borne Observatories.

-Satellite Clusters and Formation Flying.

-The Dynamics of Relative Satellite Motion.
-Solar Radiation Pressure and Satellite Formation Flight: Analytical Results.
-Ground Tracking and Control of GEO Cluster Satellites Using the Raven Telescope.
-The State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Non-Circular Reference Orbit.

-Earth and Lunar Missions.

-High Power Rocket Demonstrator of a Reusable Glideback Booster.
-A Semi-Analytical Evaluation of Launcher Performances.
-Lessons Learned From NASDA's ETS-VII Satellite: Recovery From Anomalies and Necessity of Risk Management.
-Geostationary Positioning Phase From Super-Synchronous Transfer Orbit: Hispasat 1C Mission.
-WIND Lunar Backflip and Distant Prograde Orbit Implementation.
-SIRTF Trajectory Design and Optimization.

-Attitude Control and Determination 2.

-Attitude Control of a 3-Axis Stabilized Spacecraft With Solar Electric Propulsion During Orbital Maneuvers.
-Web-Based Tools Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control Simulation.
-Robust Star Identification Technique for Use in Laser Pointing Determination of the ICESAT.
-CHAMP Attitude Dynamics.
-Inflight Estimation of the Cassini Spacecraft's Inertia Tensor.