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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in three parts presents the proceeding of the 13th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, February 9-13, 2003. It includes a CD-ROM.

(Extracted from the Press Release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part III:
-MISSION DESIGN I.
-SIRTF Mission Design (AAS 03-207), Eugene P. Bonfiglio and Mark D. Garcia.
-Design and Implementation of CONTOUR’s Phasing Orbits (AAS 03-208), David W. Dunham, Daniel P. Muhonen, Robert W. Farquhar, Mark Holdridge and Edward Reynolds.
-MESSENGER Mercury Orbit Trajectory Design (AAS 03-209), James V. McAdams.
-Options for a Mission to Pluto and Beyond (AAS 03-210), Massimiliano Vasile, Robin Biesbroek, Leopold Summerer, Andres Galvez and Gerhard Kminek.
-Trajectory Design for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission (AAS 03-211), C. Allen Halsell, Angela L. Bowes, M. Daniel Johnston, Daniel T. Lyons, Robert E. Lock, Peter Xaypraseuth, Shyam K. Bhaskaran, Dolan E. Highsmith and Moriba K. Jah.
-Primary Science Orbit Design for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission (AAS 03-212), Angela L. Bowes, C. Allen Halsell, M. Daniel Johnston, Daniel T. Lyons, Robert E. Lock, Peter Xaypraseuth, Shyam K. Bhaskaran, Dolan E. Highsmith and Moriba K. Jah.
-TETHERS.
-Libration Control of Electrodynamic Tethers in Inclined Orbit (AAS 03-214), J. Peláez and E. C. Lorenzini.
-Damping in the Dynamic Stability of Deorbiting Bare Tethers (AAS 03-215), J. Peláez and M. Lara.
-Modeling and Estimation of ProSEDS Decay (AAS 03-216), Mario L. Cosmo, Joshua Ashenberg and Enrico C. Lorenzini.
-Dynamics of a Multi-Tethered Satellite System Near the Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point (AAS 03-218), Brian Wong and Arun K. Misra.
-Flexibility Effects on Non-Planar Spin-up Dynamics of Artificial-Gravity-Generating Tethered Satellite System (AAS 03-219), Andre P. Mazzoleni and John H. Hoffman.
-Control of a Rotating Variable-Length Tethered System (AAS 03-220), Mischa Kim and Christopher D. Hall.
-Retargeting Dynamics of a Linear Tethered Interferometer (AAS 03-221), Claudio Bombardelli, Enrico C. Lorenzini and Marco B. Quadrelli.
-Analysis and Damping of Lateral Vibrations in a Linear Tethered Interferometer (AAS 03-222), Enrico C. Lorenzini, Claudio Bombardelli and Marco B. Quadrelli.
-ORBIT DETERMINATION II.
-Autonomous Landmark Based Spacecraft Navigation System (AAS 03-223), Yang Cheng and James K. Miller.
-Optical Landmark Detection for Spacecraft Navigation (AAS 03-224), Yang Cheng, Andrew E. Johnson, Larry H. Matthies and Clark F. Olson.
-A Model for Satellite Position and Velocity With Respect to Ground Topography (AAS 03-226), Stefano Casotto.
-Contributions of Individual Forces to Orbit Determination Accuracy (AAS 03-227), Justin E. Register.
-Error Assessment of a Low-Budget Precision Orbit Determination Program for a Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Using GPS Observation Data (AAS 03-228), Jung Hyun Jo, Nammi Jo Choe and John E. Cochran, Jr.
-Precise Real-Time Orbit Estimation Using the Unscented Kalman Filter (AAS 03-230), Deok-Jin Lee and Kyle T. Alfriend.
-Determination of Satellite Formation Geometry and Phasing From Range Data (AAS 03-231), Trevor Williams, David Thompson and Anees Syed.
-ORBITAL DYNAMICS.
-Long and Short-Period Librations and Some Mechanical Analogies (AAS 03-232), Roger A. Broucke.
-Phase Space Structure for Three-Dimensional Motion Around Europa (AAS 03-233), Martín Lara and Juan F. San Juan.
-Numerical Investigation of Perturbation Effects on Orbital Classifications in the Restricted Three-Body Problem (AAS 03-235), H. Yamato and D. B. Spencer.
-Comparison of the DSST and the USM Semi-Analytical Orbit Propagators (AAS 03-236), Paul J. Cefola, Vasiliy S. Yurasov, Zachary J. Folcik, Eric B. Phelps, Ronald J. Proulx and Andrey I. Nazarenko.
-Long-Term Evolution of the KOMPSAT-1 Orbit (AAS 03-237), Byoung-Sun Lee, Jeong-Sook Lee and Jae-Hoon Kim.
-Motions in a Central Force Field With a Quadratic Drag Model (AAS 03-238), Mayer Humi and Thomas Carter.
-Formulas for the Drag Constant and Time of Flight in the Two-Body Problem With Quadratic Drag (AAS 03-239), Thomas Carter and Mayer Humi.
-Clohessy-Wilshire Equations Modified to Include Quadratic Drag (AAS 03-240), Thomas Carter and Mayer Humi.
-MISSION DESIGN II.
-Mission Planning for the Space Maneuver Vehicle (AAS 03-241), William E. Wiesel.
-Outer-Planet Mission Analysis Using Solar-Electric Ion Propulsion (AAS 03-242), Byoungsam Woo, Victoria L. Coverstone, John W. Hartmann and Michael Cupples.
-Heliocentric Earth Trailing Orbit Design for a Small Probe Concept (AAS 03-243), Emanuele Di Sotto, Lorenzo Tarabini and Mariella Graziano.
-Preliminary Design of Earth-Mars Cyclers Using Solar Sails (AAS 03-244), Robert Stevens and I. Michael Ross.
-Designing Phase 2 for the Double-Lunar Swingby of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) (AAS 03-245), Ariel Edery.
-Study on Recovery of Escape Missions (AAS 03-246), Stefania Cornara, Miguel Belló-Mora and Martin Hechler.
-The CloudSat Mission: A Virtual Platform (AAS 03-247), Ronald J. Boain.
-NAVIGATION AND ORBIT DETERMINATION – OPERATIONS II.
-Characterization of Space Surveillance Sensors Using Normal Places (AAS 03-248), John H. Seago, Mark A. Davis and Anne E. Reed.
-Navigation for the Mars Premier Netlander Delivery (AAS 03-249), S. Delavault, L. Francillout, D. Carbonne, H. Fraysee, P. D. Burkhart, D. Craig, J. Guinn.
-Approach Navigation for the 2009 Mars Large Lander (AAS 03-250), P. Daniel Burkhart.
-Orbit of Mars Explorer NOZOMI and its Determination by Delta-VLBI Technique (AAS 03-251), Makoto Yoshikawa, Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Takaji Kato, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Takafumi Ohnishi and Shiro Ishibashi.
-Radiometric Orbit Determination Activities in Support of Navigating Deep Space 1 to Comet Borrelly (AAS 03-252), Brian M. Kennedy, Shyam K. Bhaskaran, Joseph E. Riedel and Mike Wang.
-GRACE Precise Orbit Determination (AAS 03-253), Z. Kang, B. Tapley, S. Bettadpur, P. Nagel and R. Pastor.
-The Trajectory of a Photon: General Relativity Light Time Delay (AAS 03-255), James K. Miller and Slava G. Turyshev.
-APPENDICES.
-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
-Science and Technology Series.
-AAS History Series.
-INDEX.
-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.