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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

The 26th annual AAS Rocky Mountains Section's Guidance and Control Conference was held from February 5th-9th, 2003.

(Extracted from the Preface).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-FOREWORD.
-PREFACE.
-SECTION I: ADVANCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL.
-Micro- Tech.- Sensor for Attitude and Orbit Determination (AAS 03-001), Christopher Kuehl, Markus Melf, Herman Diehl and Eveline Gottzein.
-Precision Attitude Determination for GOES N Satellite (AAS 03-002), Yeong-wei Andy Wu, Rongsheng Ken Li, and Andrew D. Robertson.
-The Inertial Stellar Compass: A Multifunction, Low Power, Attitude Determination Technology Breakthrough (AAS 03-003), T. Brady, S. Buckley, C. J. Dennehy, J. Gambino and A. Maynard.
-Closed-Loop Hardware Simulation of Decentralized Satellite Formation Control (AAS 03-004), Takuji Ebinuma and E. Glenn Lightsey.
-Electromagnetic Formation Flight (AAS 03-005), Raymond J. Sedwick and Samuel A. Schweighart.
-A Comparison of Trajectory Optimization Methods for the Impulsive Minimum Fuel Rendezvous Problem (AAS 03-006), Steven P. Hughes, Laurie M. Mailhe and Jose J. Guzman.
-A Nonlinear, Six-Degree of Freedom, Precision Formation Control Algorithm, Based on Restricted Three Body Dynamics (AAS 03-007), Richard J. Luquette and Robert M. Sanner.
-A Nonlinear Observer for Gyro Alignment Estimation (AAS 03-008), Julie Thienel and Robert M. Sanner.
-SECTION II: AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND PROXIMITY OPERATIONS.
-Coupled Attitude and Orbit Dynamics and Control in Formation Flying Systems (AAS 03-011), Yunjun Xu and Norman Fitz-Coy.
-A Combined Open-Loop and Autonomous Search and Rendezvous Navigation System for the CNES/NASA Mars Premier Orbiter Mission (AAS 03-012), J. E. Riedel, J. Guinn, M. Delpech, J. B. Dubois, D. Geller and P. Kachmar.
-Overview of the SPHERES Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Laboratory on the International Space Station (AAS 03-013), David W. Miller, Edmund M. C. Kong and Alvar Saenz-Otero.
-Laser-Based Relative Navigation and Guidance for Space Shuttle Proximity Operations (AAS 03-014), Fred D. Clark, Peter T. Spehar, Jack P. Brazzel, Jr. and Heather D. Hinkel.
-Design, Development and Testing of the Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera (Mini AERCam) Guidance, Navigation, and Control System (AAS 03-015), Jennifer Wagenknecht, Steven Fredrickson, Tom Manning and Brandon Jones.
-Autonomous Mission Manager for Rendezvous, Inspection and Mating (AAS 03-016), Douglas J. Zimpfer.
-Stochastic Optimization of Spacecraft Rendezvous Trajectories (AAS 03-017), Bryce Carpenter and Bill Jackson.
-Modifications to Control, Fault Protection, and Operations of Conventional Spacecraft to Support Autonomous Rendezvous by a Servicing Spacecraft (AAS 03-018), Kenny Epstein, Jeff Bladt, Paul Alles, Jay Bloom, David Kaufman and Brad Porter.
-SECTION III: INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS.
-The Rosetta Mission: Rendezvous With and Landing on a Comet (AAS 03-021), S. P. Airey , J. van Casteren, G. Coupé, T. van Overbeek and J. Rouquet.
-Seeing Through Dust – Tracking Stars From Within a Cometary Dust Cloud (AAS 03-022), S. P. Airey, G. Berrighi and D. Procopio.
-Autonomous On-Board Navigation for Interplanetary Missions (AAS 03-023), B. Polle, B. Frapard, O. Saint-Pé, V. Crombez, S. Mancuso, F. Ankersen and J. Fertig.
-Deep Impact Flyby Spacecraft Instrument Pointing in the Presence of an Inactive Impactor Spacecraft (AAS 03-026), Daniel G. Kubitschek, Nick Mastrodemos and Stephen P. Synnott.
-SECTION IV: GUIDANCE AND CONTROL STORYBOARD DISPLAYS.
-Assessment of Parasitic Torques From Magnettorquers (AAS 03-031), Stephan Theil, Peter Offterdinger and Oliver Matthews.
-Earth Radiance Modeling (AAS 03-035), Todd J. Bednarek.
-Honeywell SIGI (Space Integrated GPS/INS) H-764g System (AAS 03-037), Zygmunt Zubkow.
-Closed Loop Test Environment for Space Applications Using GPS Signals (AAS 03-039), M. Mittnacht, E. Gottzein, M. Hartrampf and A. Konrad.
-First Results From a Hardware-in-the-Loop Demonstration of Closed-Loop Autonomous Formation Flying (AAS 03-040), Eberhard Gill, Bo Naasz and Takuji Ebinuma.
-Use of Variable Speed Control Moment Gyros for a Fine Pointing Dual Line-of-Sight Spacecraft (AAS 03-041), Marcello Romano and Brij N. Agrawal.
-Evaluation of Attitude Control System Performances Using Optical Stimulation of a Stellar Sensor (AAS 03-042), Jean Mignot and Jean-Marc Julio.
-Night Sky Tests and In-flight Results of SED16 Autonomous Star Sensor (AAS 03-043), Ludovic Blarre, Sylvain Thomas, Philippe Jacob, Thierry Foisneau, Didier Vilaire and Marc Pochard.
-Videometer: A New Rendezvous Sensor (AAS 03-044), Agnès Mestreau-Garreau, Carole Moussu, Ludovic Blarre, Nicolas Perrimon, Philippe Jacob, Marc Pochard, Sabine Ludwig, Paul Da Cunha and Stein Strandmoe.
-Properties of BFI’s New Proximity Sensor, The Linear Gap Displacement Transducer (LGDT) (AAS 03-049), Andrew Chouinard.
-Extreme Accuracy Star Tracker in Support of Hyper Precision Cold Atom Interferometry (AAS 03-050), S. P. Airey, G. Bagnasco, M. Barilli, S. Becucci, G. Cherubini and A. Romoli.
-SECTION V: GUIDANCE AND CONTROL DESIGN APPROACHES FOR PRECISION POINTING APPLICATIONS.
-Hubble Space Telescope Relative Pointing Stability Post-Servicing Mission 3b (AAS 03-061), A. Bradley, J. L. Kelley, J. H. Wirzburger, E. Nelan, D. Smith, O.G. Franz, L.H. Wasserman, M. Wenz and D. Crain.
-Precision Pointing of the Thuraya Satellite (AAS 03-063), Richard A. Fowell and Hanching G. Wang.
-Transient Pointing Error Reduction in Spacecraft Performing Stationkeeping Operations With Momentum Wheel Control (AAS 03-064), Lee Barker and Xen Price.
-Design and Analysis of the ST7 Disturbance Reduction System (DRS) Spacecraft Controller (AAS 03-065), P. G. Maghami, F. L. Markley, M. B. Houghton and C. J. Dennehy.
-Precision Pointing for the Laser Interferometry Space Antenna Mission (AAS 03-066), T. T. Hyde and P. G. Maghami.
-Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Design Approach for High-Resolution Surface Imaging (AAS 03-067), S. W. Lee, E. D. Skulsky, J. Chapel, D. Cwynar, R. Gehling and A. Delamere.
-SECTION VI: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL.
-Satellite GN&C Anomaly Trends (AAS 03-071), Brent Robertson and Eric Stoneking.
-International Space Station Control Moment Gyro Failure (AAS 03-072), Richard R. Burt.
-Performance of the Star Tracker Light Shades on the Earth Observing Satellite (EOS) Aqua (AAS 03-073), Thomas Kenney, Albert Lee, Michael Donnelly, Michael Schroder and Mark McNally.
-Recent G&C Experiences of the Timed Spacecraft (AAS 03-074), Wayne Dellinger, Hongxing Stella Shapiro, Courtney Ray and Tom Strikwerda.
-Appendage Deployment Verification for the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft Using Spacecraft Attitude Telemetry (AAS 03-075), Russ Gehling and Sue Linch.
-TOPEX/Poseidon: Controlling the Attitude of a 10-Year Old (AAS 03-077), Paul Sanneman, Beth Lee and Peter Vanderham.
-APPENDICES.
-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
-Science and Technology Series.
-AAS History Series.
-INDEX.
-Numerical Index.
-Author Index