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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in three parts presents the proceedings of the 2003 Astrodynamics Conference, hosted by the American Astronautical Society and co-sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The conference was held August 3-7, 2003, at the Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana. It includes a CD-ROM.

(Extracted from the Foreword).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part III:
-AUTONOMOUS GNC SYSTEMS.
-Autonomous Slew Manoeuvring and Attitude Control Using the Potential
Function Method (AAS 03-612). Massimo Casasco and Gianmarco Radice.
-Hardware Development and Measurements of Solar Doppler Shift for
Spacecraft Orbit Determination (AAS 03-613). Troy A. Henderson, Thomas C. Pollock, Andrew J. Sinclair, John E. Theisinger, John E. Hurtado and John L. Junkins.
-Autonomous Landmark Tracking Orbit Determination Strategy (AAS 03-614). James K. Miller and Yang Cheng.
-Impactor Spacecraft Targeting for the Deep Impact Mission to Comet
Tempel 1 (AAS 03-615). Daniel G. Kubitschek.
-The Conceptual Design of the Guidance Navigation and Control System for a Maintenance and Repair Spacecraft (AAS 03-616). R. Fullmer, P. Patterson and R. Pack.
-Autonomous Guidance and Control of an Earth Observation Satellite Using Low Thrust (AAS 03-617). Isabelle Jean and Jean de Lafontaine.
-Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Orbit Design and Autonomous
Maneuvers (AAS 03-618). David Folta, Chad Mendelsohn and Laurie Mailhe.
-NEUTRAL DENSITY AND SATELLITE DRAG SPECIAL SESSION.
-Satellite Drag Research: Past, Present and Future (AAS 03-620). Frank A. Marcos, John O. Wise, Michael J. Kendra and Neil J. Grossbard .
-Atmospheric Density Measurements Derived From CHAMP/STAR
Accelerometer Data (AAS 03-621). R. S. Nerem, J. M. Forbes, E. K. Sutton and S. Bruinsma.
-Early Results From the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (AAS 03-622). Byron D. Tapley, S. Bettadpur, M. Cheng, D. Hudson and G. Kruizinga.
-Preliminary Validation of Atmospheric Neutral Density Derived From
Ultraviolet Airglow Observations (AAS 03-623). A. C. Nicholas, S. E. Thonnard, J. M. Picone, K. F. Dymond, S. A. Budzien, S. H. Knowles, S. M. McCoy, E. E. Henderlight and R. P. McCoy.
-A Long-Term Decrease in Thermospheric Density Derived From Historical Orbital Elements (AAS 03-624). John T. Emmert, J. Michael Picone, Judith L. Lean and Stephen H. Knowles.
-High Accuracy Satellite Drag Model (HASDM) Review (AAS 03-625).
Bruce R. Bowman and Mark F. Storz.
-Atmospheric Density Correction Using Two Line Element Sets as the
Observation Data (AAS 03-626). Paul J. Cefola, Ronald J. Proulx, Andrey I. Nazarenko and Vasiliy S. Yurasov.
-On the Use of Physics-Based Models in Data Assimilation for Neutral
Density Specification and Forecast (AAS 03-627). Tim Fuller-Rowell, Cliff Minter and Mihail Codrescu.
-Localized Atmospheric Density Model Validation Using High Eccentricity
Satellite Observations (AAS 03-628). Keith A. Akins, Liam M. Healy and David B. Spencer.
-The Behavior of the Upper Atmosphere During Solar/Geophysical Storm
Conditions as Measured by Satellite Drag During the Entire Space Age
(AAS 03-629). S. H. Knowles, A. C. Nicholas and S. H. Thonnard.
-ORBIT CONTROL, ORBITAL TRANSFERS – II.
-Simple Control Laws for Low-Thrust Orbit Transfers (AAS 03-630). Anastassios E. Petropoulos.
-Optimal Low-Thrust Supersynchronous-to-Geosynchronous Orbit Transfer
(AAS 03-632). Christian M. Chilan and Bruce A. Conway.
-Transfers to and Station-Keeping for Unstable Periodic Orbits With Low
Thrust Propulsion (AAS 03-633). J. Senent, C. Ocampo and A. Capella.
-CONSTELLATION DESIGN AND COVERAGE ANALYSIS.
-Design and Analysis of a Small Constellation of Satellites for Mid-Course
Tracking (AAS 03-634). Irene A. Budianto, Diane Gerencser and Patrick J. McDaniel .
-Interferometric Observatories in Circular Orbits: Designing Constellations
for Coverage, Capacity and Utilization (AAS 03-635). Venkatesh G. Rao and Pierre T. Kabamba.
-GlobalstarTM Constellation Design And Establishment Experience (AAS 03-636). Andrew E. Turner, John J. Rodden, Melvin Tse and Lee A. Barker.
-Tundra Constellation Mission Design and Stationkeeping (AAS 03-637). Michael J. Bruno and Henry J. Pernicka.
-Applications of Ergodic Theory to Coverage Analysis (AAS 03-638)
Martin W. Lo.
-AEROCAPTURE, ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY.
-Low-Thrust Guidance Scheme for Earth-Capture Trajectories (AAS 03-639). Y. Gao and C. A. Kluever.
-Evaluating Trajectories for a Feasible Earth Orbit Aerocapture/Aerogravity Assist Demonstration (AAS 03-640). Todd J. Mosher, Blake A. Moffitt, Eric R. Dittman and August J. Korn.
-Past Experience and Planned Re-Entry Activities at CNES (AAS 03-641).
L. Francillout, J. F. Goester and E. Ducrotté.
-Mars Exploration Rover Six-Degree-of-Freedom Entry Trajectory Analysis
(AAS 03-642). Prasun N. Desai, Mark Schoenenberger and F. M. Cheatwood.
-Aerocapture Navigation at Neptune (AAS 03-643). Robert J. Haw.
-An Investigation of Titan Aerogravity Assist for Capture into Orbit About
Saturn (AAS 03-644). Philip Ramsey and James Evans Lyne.
-Preliminary Analysis of Uranus Aerocapture (AAS 03-645). Philip Ramsey, Chad Ott, Brooke Weber, Carmen Moreno-Rivera and James Evans Lyne.
-Ballute Aerocapture Trajectories at Titan (AAS 03-646). Daniel T. Lyons and Wyatt Johnson.
-FORMATION FLIGHT – II.
-Genetic Algorithm Based Sliding Mode Control in the Leader/Follower
Satellites Pair Maintenance (AAS 03-648). Yunjun Xu and Norman Fitz-Coy.
-A Guidance Algorithm for Formation Reconfiguration and Maintenance
Based on the Perturbed Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations (AAS 03-649). T. Allan Lovell, Kenneth R. Horneman, Steven G. Tragesser and Mark V. Tollefson.
-Collision Avoidance During Rendezvous Via Relative Motion Approximation (AAS 03-650). R. A. Howard, T. A. Lovell and K. R. Horneman.
-Error Analysis of Satellite Formations in Near-Circular Low-Earth Orbits.
(AAS 03-651). Kyle T. Alfriend and T. Alan Lovell.
-Formation Maintenance for Low Earth Near-Circular Orbits (AAS 03-652).
K. T. Alfriend, S. S. Vaddi and T. A. Lovell.
-Optimal Circular Formation Initialization With Collision Risk Management
(AAS 03-653). Arnaud Boutonnet, Vincent Martinot, Andrei Baranov,
Bénédicte Escudier and Joseph Noailles.
-Minimum-Fuel/Minimum-Time Maneuvers of Formation Flying Satellites
(AAS 03-654). Giulio Avanzini, Davide Biamonti and Edmondo A. Minisci.
-Pulsed Thrust Method for Hover Formation Flying (AAS 03-655). Alan S. Hope and Aaron J. Trask.
-Maintaining Periodic Relative Trajectories of Satellite Formation by Using
Power-Limited Thrusters (AAS 03-656). David Mishne.
-FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.
-Validation of a GPS NAV Solution-Based Orbit Determination for
Coriolis/Windsat (AAS 03-658). James A. DeYoung, Mark A. Davis and Lincoln Clark.
-StarNav I: Star Tracker Experiment on the Space Shuttle Mission STS-107 (AAS 03-659). Malak A. Samaan, Anup Katake, Thomas C. Pollock and John L. Junkins.
-Design and on-Orbit Performance of the RHESSI Magnetic Attitude Control System (AAS 03-660). Guoquin Li, Stan Fernandes and Glenn Creamer.
-Mars Odyssey Mapping Orbit Determination (AAS 03-661). Jason Stauch, Pasquale B. Esposito, Shadan M. Ardalan, Jacob P. Breeden, Stuart Demcak, David C. Jefferson and Geoffrey G. Wawrzyniak .
-MUSES-C Launch and Early Orbit Operations Report (AAS 03-662). Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Kuninaka, Akira Fujiwara, Tono Uesugi,
Takafumi Ohnishi.
-Nozomi Consecutive Double Earth Swing-Bys Flight to Mars – Guidance
and Navigation Report (AAS 03-663). Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Ichiro Nakatani, Hajime Hayakawa, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takafumi Ohnishi and Masafumi Kimura.
-ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS.
-Accuracy and Speed Effects of Variable Step Integration for Orbit
Determination and Propagation (AAS 03-664). Matthew M. Berry and Liam M. Healy.
-A Precision Orbit Predictor Optimized for Complex Trajectory Operations
(AAS 03-665). Daniel R. Adamo.
-On the Use of Differentials in Astrodynamics (AAS 03-666). David G. Hull.
-Development of a Multipurpose Low Thrust Interplanetary Trajectory
Calculation Code (AAS 03-667). Tadashi Sakai and John R. Olds.
-SPACE SURVEILLANCE, SPACE CATALOGUE.
-Improvements to Orbit Determination Algorithms for Automatic Catalog
Maintenance (AAS 03-668). Felix R. Hoots and Geoffrey S. Pierce.
-A New Sensor Resource Allocation Algorithm for the Space Surveillance
Network in Support of the Special Perturbations Satellite Catalog (AAS 03-669). James G. Miller.
-More Characterization of Space Surveillance Sensors Using Normal Places (AAS 03-670). John H. Seago, Mark A. Davis and W. Reed Smith.
-Correcting Ionospheric Refraction in the Naval Space Surveillance System (AAS 03-671). W. Reed Smith, John H. Seago, Mark A. Davis and Edward D. Lydick II.
-APPENDICES.
-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
-Science and Technology Series.
-AAS History Series.
-INDEX.
-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.