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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in two parts presents the proceeding of the 12th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, January 27-30, 2002.

(Extracted from the Press Release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part II:

-Attitude Dynamics and Control.

-Using Inertial Measurements for the Reconstruction of 6-DOF Entry, Descent, and Landing Trajectory and Attitude Profiles.
-Effect of Coriolis Terms in Thrust Equations for Misaligned Strap-on Solid Rocket Motors.
-Analysis of Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscopes for Reorientation Maneuvers of Rigid Spacecraft.
-Equilibria of an n-Link Chain in a Circular Orbit.

-Orbital Mechanics IV.

-Design of Earth Return Orbits for the Wind Mission.
-The Orbital Perturbation Environment for the COBRA and COBRA Teardrop Elliptical Constellations.
-The Probability of a Laser Beam Illuminating a Space Object.
-Assessing the Instantaneous Risk of Direct Satellite Impingement.
-Orbit and Attitude Maneuvers Using Single Offset Axial Thruster.

-Tensegrity Stractures.

-Equilibrium Conditions of a Class I Tensegrity Structure.
-Decentralized Control of Stable-Element Tensegrity Plates.
-Equilibria and Stiffness of Planar Tensegrity Structures.

-Formation Flying II.

-Formation Flying: Accommodating Non-Linearity and Eccentricity Perturbations.
-Long-Duration Analysis of the J2-Model Equations of Relative Motion for Satellite Clusters.
-The State Transition Matrix for Relative Motion of Formation Flying Satellites.
-A Study of the Steering Law of Satellite Formation Flight Using Solar Radiation Pressure.
-Application of Several Control Techniques for the Ionospheric Observation Nanosatellite Formation.
-The Dynamics of Formation Flight About a Stable Trajectory.

-Orbit Determination I

-Using Fractional Gaussian Noise Models in Orbit Determination.
-Optimal Orbit Determination.
-Application of Genetic Algorithms to Orbit Determination of Tethered Satellite System.
-Comparison of the Russian and US Algorithms for Catalog Maintenance for Geosynchronous Satellites.
-More Results of Naval Space Surveillance System Calibration Using Satellite Laser Ranging.
-Validation Results of an Algorithm for Real-Time Atmosphere Density Correction and Prediction.

-Tether Satellite System.

-Dynamics of Tethered Satellite Formation.
-Effect of Distributed Rod and String Flexibility on Formation Dynamic Stability.
-Dynamic Stability of a Bare Tether as a Deorbiting Device.
-Orbital Maneuvering With Electrodynamic Tethers.
-Overview of the Tag (Tethered Artificial Gravity Satellite Program).

-Optimization and Control.

-Direct Multiphase Optimisation of Multiobjective Trajectory Design Problems.
-Stability Issues Using FIR Filtering in Repetitive Control.
-Frequency Domain Prediction of Final Error Due to Noise in Learning and Repetitive Control.
-Application of the SDC Optimal Control Algorithm to Low-Thrust Escape and Capture Trajectory Optimization.
-On the USe of Root Locus Departure Angle Information to Design Compensators in Repetitive Control.

-Orbit Determination II.

-Precise Orbit Determination for CHAMP Using Acceleromter Data.
-Effect of GPS Orbit Accuracy on CHAMP Precision Orbit Determination.
-Effects of On-Board GPS Antenna Phase Center Variations on CHAMP Precision Orbit Determination.
-State Estimation for Drag-Free Control of the STEP Satellite.
-Effect of GPS Orbit Errors on a Low-Low Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Mission.
-Antenna Phase Center Determination of Inter-Communicating Satellites.

-Current & Future Use of NASA's Deep Space Network.

-The RAPSO Process.
-the DSN Viewperiods Used for a Mission (A Look at the Times When Communications Windows Can be Scheduled Between the DSN and the Projects).
-JPL RAPSO Long-Range Forecasting.
-Using Available DSN Tracking Coverage as a Design Parameter in Mission Proposals (A Look at a Simulated Mission, and the Effect Upon the DSN Load Based Upon Different Launch Opportunities).