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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in three parts presents the proceedings of the 14th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in Maui, Hawaii, February 8-12, 2004. It includes a CD-ROM.

(Extracted from the Press Release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part III:
-ORBITAL MECHANICS III
-A Simple Algorithm to Compute Hyperbolic Invariant Manifolds
Near L 1 and L 2 (AAS 04-243) B. F. Villac and D. J. Scheeres.
-Orbit Mechanics About Planetary Satellites (AAS 04-244) M. E. Paskowitz and D.J. Scheeres.
-An Approach to the Design of Low Energy Interplanetary Transfers
Exploiting Invariant Manifolds of the Restricted Three-Body Problem (AAS 04-245) Francesco Topputo, Massimiliano Vasile and Amalia Ercoli Finzi.
-Keeping a Spacecraft on the Sun-Earth Line (AAS 04-246) Carlos M. Roithmayr and Linda Kay-Bunnell.
-Minimum-Fuel Periodic Orbits in the Vicinity of a Fixed Point on the Sun-Earth Line: The Planar Case (AAS 04-247) Haijun Shen, Renjith R. Kumar and Hans Seywald.
-Low Earth Orbit Constellation Design Using the Earth-Moon L1 Point (AAS 04-248) Naomi Chow, Erica Gralla, James Chase and N. Jeremy Kasdin.
-Analytical Gradients for Gravity Assist Trajectories Using Constant Specific Impulsive Engines (AAS 04-249) Scott Zimmer and Cesar A. Ocampo.
-A Tool for the Preliminary Design of Low-Thrust Gravity Assist Trajectories (AAS 04-250) Paolo De Pascale, Massimiliano Vasile and Amalia Ercoli Finzi.
-Modeling of Proof Mass Self-Gravity Field for the Laser Interferometry
Space Antenna (LISA) (AAS 04-251) Marco B. Quadrelli.
-FORMATION FLYING II.
-A Practical Guidance Methodology for Relative Motion of LEO Spacecraft Based on the Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations (AAS 04-252) T. Alan Lovell, Steven G. Tragesser and Mark V. Tollefson.
-A Lyapunov-Based Controller for Satellite Formation Reconfiguration in the Presence of J 2 Perturbations (AAS 04-253) Prasenjit Sengupta and Srinivas R. Vadali.
-Cluster Planning and Control for Spacecraft Formations (AAS 04-254) Mark E. Campbell, Darren Zanon and Jayant Kulkarni.
-Interval Control of Formations in Eccentric Orbits (AAS 04-255) Ossama Abdelkhalik and Thomas E. Alberts.
-Low Thrust Control Optimization for Satellite Formations: Analytical Solution of the Initial CoStates for Time and Fuel Optimal Harmonic Motion (AAS 04-256) John S. Seo and William E. Wiesel.
-Autonomous Orbit Navigation of Two Spacecraft System Using Relative
Line of Sight Vector Measurements (AAS 04-257) Jo Ryeong Yim, John L. Crassidis and John L. Junkins.
-Optimal Trajectory Generation and Control for Reconfiguration Maneuvers
of Formation Flying Using Low-Thrust Propulsion (AAS 04-258) Mauro Massari, Roberto Armellin and Amalia Ercoli Finzi.
-Stabilization of Satellite Motion Relative to a Coulomb Spacecraft Formation (AAS 04-259) Hanspeter Schaub.
-Transient Stability of Motion Relative to a Stabilized Trajectory: Application to Formation Flight (AAS 04-260) F. Y. Hsiao and D. J. Scheeres.
-OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL III
-Fine-Tuning of a Kalman Filter with a Genetic Algorithm and with Gradient-Based Optimization Methods (AAS 04-261) Ousmane Gueye, Karina Lebel, Jean de Lafontaine and Charles-Antoine Brunet.
-Maneuver Design for Fast Satellite Circumnavigation (AAS 04-262) Stanley D. Straight, Steven G. Tragesser, Robert Howard and T. Alan Lovell.
-On the Relation Between the Local Formation Control Law and the Resulted Configuration (AAS 04-263) Takanao Saiki and Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi.
-Optimal Low-Thrust Orbital Transfers Around a Rotating Non-Spherical Body (AAS 04-264) Gregory J. Whiffen.
-Optimal Low-Thrust Trajectory Analysis for Constant and Variable Specific Impulse Thrusters Generated by Multi-Objective Evolution Algorithms and Nonlinear Programing (AAS 04-265) Simone Rocca, Marco Manente, Daniele Pavarin, Giannandrea Bianchini, Ernesto Benini, Stefano Casotto and Giampaolo Navarro.
-Pareto Front and Sensitivity Analysis for Trajectory Optimization (AAS 04-267) Anthony L. Faulds.
-INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS III
-Hopping Analysis on Regolith-Like Surface of Small Planetary Bodies
(AAS 04-268) Tetsuo Yoshimitsu and Takashi Kubota.
-The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Plan (AAS 04-269) Robert E. Lock, Peter Xaypraseuth, M. Daniel Johnston, C. Allen Halsell, Angela L. Bowes, Daniel T. Lyons, T. You, Dolan E. Highsmith and Moriba Jah.
-Preliminary Results of Mars Exploration Rover In-Situ Radio Navigation
(AAS 04-270) Joseph Guinn and Todd Ely.
-Mars Exploration Rover Terminal Descent Mission Modeling and Simulation (AAS 04-271) Ben Raiszadeh and Eric M. Queen.
-Systems for Pinpoint Landing at Mars (AAS 04-272) Aron A. Wolf, Claude Graves, Richard Powell and Wyatt Johnson.
-Coordination of Mars Orbiting Assets to Support Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Activities (AAS 04-273) Joseph Neelon, Mark Wallace and Lynn Craig.
-Autonomous Planetary Landing with Obstacle Avoidance: The Quartic
Guidance Revisited (AAS 04-274) Jean de Lafontaine, David Neveu and Karina Lebel.
-Assessment of Per-Axis Thruster Control Authority of Cassini Spacecraft for Low-Altitude Titan Flybys (AAS 04-275) Siamak (Sam) Sarani.
-Dynamics and Control of a Herd of Sondes Guided by a Blimp on Titan
(AAS 04-277) Marco B. Quadrelli, Johnny Chang and Scott Kowalchuck .
-SPECIAL SESSION: SOLAR SAILS II
-The L1 Diamond Affair (AAS 04-278) Carl G. Sauer, Jr.
-Optimal Counter-Intuitive Solar Sail Escape Trajectories (AAS 04-279) John W. Hartmann, Victoria L. Coverstone and John E. Prussing.
-Earth Escape Using a Slowly-Rotating, Doubly-Reflective Solar Sail (AAS 04-280) Michael A. Swartwout.
-A Comparison of Solar Sail Control Methods in Geosynchronous Transfer
Orbits (AAS 04-281) Jeremy S. Neubauer and Michael A. Swartwout.
-Solar Sail Attitude Control Sensitivity to Solar Radiation Pressure Model
Accuracy (AAS 04-282) Jeff J. Bladt, Dale A. Lawrence and Lisa M. Ward.
-A Solar Sail Integrated Simulation Toolkit (AAS 04-283) Jordan Ellis, Michael Lisano, Peter Wolff, James Evans, Jeff Bladt, Dan Scheeres, Leonel Rios-Reyes and Dale Lawrence.
-A “Yank and Yaw” Control System for Solar Sails (AAS 04-284) Billy Derbes, David “Leo” Lichodziejewski and Gordon Veal.
-Robust Thrust Control Authority for a Scalable Sailcraft (AAS 04-285) David Murphy and Bong Wie.
-Generalized Models for Solar Sails (AAS 04-286) Leonel Rios-Reyes and Daniel J. Scheeres.
-ORBITAL MECHANICS IV
-Representations of Invariant Manifolds for Applications in Three-Body
Systems (AAS 04-287) K. Howell, M. Beckman, C. Patterson and D. Folta.
-The Role of Invariant Manifolds in Low Thrust Trajectory Design (AAS 04-288) Martin W. Lo, Rodney L. Anderson, Gregory Whiffen and Larry Romans.
-Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to a Very Low Energy Transfer
(AAS 04-289) Shane D. Ross, Wang Sang Koon, Martin W. Lo and Jerrold E. Marsden.
-Coupled Effects of Initial Orbit Plane on Orbit Lifetime in the Three-Body
Problem (AAS 04-290) Christopher J. Scott and David B. Spencer.
-The Dynamics of Orbits in a Potential Field of a Solid Circular Ring (AAS 04-291) Roger A. Broucke and Antonio Elipe.
-Orbits Around an Elongated 3D-Object (AAS 04-292) Roger A. Broucke and Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado.
-Lambert’s Theorem – A Complete Series Solution (AAS 04-293) James D. Thorne.
-Relative Spacecraft Motion: A Hamiltonian Approach to Eccentricity Perturbations (AAS 04-294) Egemen Kolemen and N. Jeremy Kasdin.
-Satellite Constellation Design for Mid-Course Ballistic Missile Intercept
(AAS 04-295) Luke M. Sauter, Ronald J. Proulx and Howard Musoff.
-SESSION 24: FORMATION FLYING III
-Close Spacecraft Formation Keeping (AAS 04-296) Pierre Vignal and Henry Pernicka.
-Uniformly Distributed Flower Constellation Design Study for Global Navigation System (AAS 04-297) Keunjoo Park, Matthew P. Wilkins and Daniele Mortari.
-Geometric Approach to Orbital Formation Mission Design (AAS 04-298) Matthew J. Press, Steven G. Tragesser and T. Alan Lovell.
-Hovercraft Satellite Simulation Test-Bed (AAS 04-300) Benjamin Essenburg, Joseph A. Sarokhan and N. Jeremy Kasdin.
-Low-Thrust Formation Flight for Astronomy Satellite (AAS 04-301) Hiroshi Yamakawa.
-Mihail Satellite Constellation (AAS 04-302) Michael J. Furman.
-The Design and Development of the GRACE Mission Analysis Tool (AAS 04-303) Jeffery R. Mauldin, Srinivas Bettadpur and Wallace T. Fowler.
-Formation Flying and Constellation Station Keeping in Near-Circular Orbits (AAS 04-304) Xiaodong Duan and Peter M. Bainum.
-BROUWER AWARD LECTURE
-Brouwer Award Lecture: Try Something Different (AAS 04-306) David W. Dunham.
APPENDICES
Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
Science and Technology Series.
AAS History Series.
INDEX.
Numerical Index.
Author Index.