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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in two parts presents the proceedings of the 18th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in Galveston, Texas, January 27-31, 2008. It includes a CD-ROM.

(Extracted from the Press Release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part II
-SESSION 10: SOLAR SYSTEM MISSIONS
-Mission to Binary Asteroids: 1999 KW4 as a Case Study (AAS 08-170). Julie Bellerose and Daniel J. Scheeres.
-Chasing a Comet with a Solar Sail (AAS 08-171). Robert W. Stough, Andrew F. Heaton and Mark S. Whorton.
-Navigation for the Second Venus Flyby of the MESSENGER Mission to
Mercury (AAS 08-172). K. E. Williams, A. H. Taylor, B. R. Page, J. K. Miller, J. Smith, P. Wolff, D. Stanbridge, B. G. Williams and J. V. McAdams.
-Hayabusa’s 1st Half of Return Cruise – Flight Results on Attitude Control and Ion Engines Propulsion (AAS 08-173). Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Osamu Mori, Hitoshi Kuninaka, Takashi Kominato and Kenichi Shirakawa.
-The Compensa tion Method of the Observation Error of the Target Position for High Accurate Navigation at Flyby (AAS 08-174). Shunsuke Okada, Osamu Mori and Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi.
-SESSION 11:
-EARTH AND PLANETARY MISSION SCIENCE
-Evolution Mechanism and Related Astrodynamics Characteristics for Small Celestial Bodies (AAS 08-175). Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi, Akifumi Kitajima, Yuichi Miwa and Masatoshi Hirabayashi.
-Determination of Thermospheric Winds from GRACE Accelerometer Data (AAS 08-176). Minkang Cheng, Byron D. Tapley, Srinivas Bettadpur and John C. Ries.
-Comparison of Total Density Derived from CHAMP Precision Orbits and
CHAMP Accelerome ter (AAS 08-177). Craig A. McLaughlin and Andrew Hiatt and Ben S. Bieber.
-Orbit Determination Requirements for ABYSS: A Proposed Space Station Science Payload (AAS 08-178). C. K. Shum, P. A. M. Abusali, Hyongki Lee, James Ogle, R. Keith Raney, John C. Ries, Walter H. F. Smith, Drazen Svehla and Changyin Zhao.
-Orbital Mechanics, Perturbations, and GRACE Science and Mission Design (AAS 08-179). Srinivas Bettadpur.
-SESSION 12:
-DYNAMICAL THEORY OF SPACE FLIGHT PROBLEMS
-Quasi Constant-Time Orbit Propagation without Solving Kepler’s Equation (AAS 08-180). Jeremy Davis, Christian Bruccoleri and Daniele Mortari.
-Eccentric Orbits Around Planetary Moons (AAS 08-181). Ryan P. Russell and Adam T. Brinckerhoff.
-Analysis of Two-Body Rectilinear Trajectories (AAS 08-183). Douglas H. May.
-Analytical Model for Lunar Orbiter (AAS 08-184). J. F. San-Juan, A. Abad, A. Elipe and E. Tresaco.
-SESSION 13: SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS
-The Flower Formation Flying – Part I: Theory (AAS 08-185). Daniele Mortari and Stefania Tonetti.
-The Flower Forma tion Flying – Part II: Application (AAS 08-186). Stefania Tonetti, David C. Hyland and Daniele Mortari.
-Non-Linear Discrete Controls for the Reconfiguration Procedure of the
Tetrahedron Constellation (AAS 08-188). Pedro A. Capó-Lugo and Peter M. Bainum.
-Stability and Control of a Two-Craft Magnetic Constella tion (AAS 08-189). I. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch.
-Solar Pressure Effects for a Constellation in a Highly Elliptical Orbit (AAS 08-190). Pedro A. Capó-Lugo and Peter M. Bainum.
-A Heuristic Approach to the Design of an Orbit for a Temporary Reconnaissance Mission Using a Few LEO Satellites (AAS 08-191). Hae-Dong Kim, Hyochoong Bang and Ok-Chul Jung.
-SESSION 14:
-TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION – I
-Power-Limited Multi-Revolution Inter-Orbital Transfers (AAS 08-192). Alexander A. Sukhanov and Antonio F. B. de A. Prado.
-Designing Trajectories in a Planet-Moon Environment Using the Controlled Keplerian Map (AAS 08-193). Piyush Grover and Shane D. Ross.
-End-to-End Optimization of Conceptual Roundtrip Mars Missions with Exact Precession Elliptical Parking Orbits (AAS 08-194). Aaron D. Olds and Michael L. Cupples.
-Orbital Stability of Spacecrafts in Unstable Orbital Environments (AAS 08-195). Iman Alizadeh and Benjamin Villac.
-Power Constrained Uranus Transfer and Moons Tour by Three Body Invariant Manifolds and Electric Propulsion (AAS 08-196). P. Pergola, K. Geurts, C. Casaregola and M. Andrenucci.
-Optimal Earth Escape Trajectory Using Continuation Method and Costate
Estimator (AAS 08-197). Donghun Lee and Hyochoong Bang.
-The Inclusion of the Higher Order J3 and J4 Zonal Harmonics in the Modelling of Optimal Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer (AAS 08-198). Jean A. Kéchichian.
-SESSION 15:
-ORBITAL DYNAMICS, PERTURBATIONS AND STABILITY – I
-Optimal Two-Impulse Phasing for Elliptical Orbits (AAS 08-199). Julio Cesar Benavides and David B. Spencer.
-Subregions of Motion and Elliptic Halo Orbits in the Elliptic Restricted
Three-Body Problem (AAS 08-200). Stefano Campagnola, Martin Lo and Paul Newton.
-Small Eccentricity Satellite Orbits: Linear Perturbations (AAS 08-201). G. E. O. Giacaglia and B. E. Schutz.
-Third Body Perturbation Using a Single Averaged Model Considering Elliptic Orbits for the Disturbing Body (AAS 08-203). Rita de C. Domingos, Rodolpho V. de Moraes and Antonio F. B. de Almeida Prado.
-The Two-Body Problem with Drag and High Tangential Speeds (AAS 08-204). Thomas E. Carter and Mayer Humi.
-Validation of Gravity Acceleration and Torque Algorithms for Astrodynamics (AAS 08-205). Blair F. Thompson, David G. Hammen, Albert A. Jackson and Edwin Z. Crues.
-Variation of Parameters Using Complex Exponentials to Solve the Perturbed Two-Body Problem (AAS 08-206). Troy A. Henderson, Gianmarco Radice and John L. Junkins.
-SESSION 16:
-FORMATION FLYING AND RENDEZVOUS – II
-Open-Loop Electrostatic Spacecraft Collision Avoidance Using Patched Conics Analysis (AAS 08-207). Shuquan Wang and Hanspeter Schaub.
-Dynamic Models of Satellite Relative Motion Around an Oblate Earth (AAS 08-208). Guangyan Xu and Danwei Wang.
-Orbital Express Autonomous Rendezvous and Capture Flight Operations–Part 1 of 2: Mission Description, AR&C Exercises 1, 2 and 3 (AAS 08-209). Tom A. Mulder.
-Relative Trajectory Design to Minimize Stationkeeping Effort (AAS 08-210). Steven G. Tragesser and Brent Skrehart.
-The Precise Autonomous Orbit Keeping Experiment on the PRISMA Formation Flying Mission (AAS 08-212). Sergio De Florio, Simone D’Amico and Miquel Garcia Fernandez.
-Reconfigurations and Station-Keepings with Nonlinear Control of State-
Dependent Riccati Equation (AAS 08-214). Han-earl Park, Sang-Young Park and Kyu-Hong Choi.
-SESSION 17:
-ATTITUDE DYNAMICS, DETERMINATION AND CON TROL – II
-Quaternion Constrained Kalman Filter (AAS 08-215). Manoranjan Majji and Daniele Mortari.
-Sub-Arcsecond Attitude Control for Sounding Rocket Payloads (AAS 08-216). Neil S Shoemaker, Charles G. Kupelian, Gerard P. Doyon, John Ozanne, Jeffrey W. Percival, Kurt P. Jaehnig, Stephan R. McCandliss, Roxana Lupu, Ronald A. Hall and Mark S. Clark.
-An Expectation-Maximization Approach to Attitude Sensor Calibration (AAS 08-219). Yang Cheng and John L. Crassidis.
-Attitude Control of Spinning Solar Sail with Huge Membrane (AAS 08-221). Fuminori Hanaoka, Osamu Mori, Yuichi Tsuda, Ryu Funase and
Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi.
-SESSION 18:
-SPECIAL SESSION: U.S.A. SPACE HIS TORY
-Echo I and II — The First Communications Satellites (AAS 08-223). Ronald M. Muller.
-Defining Moments in the Naval Research Laboratory’s Project Vanguard
(AAS 08-224). Pat rick W. Binning.
-Space Spinoffs (AAS 08-226). Carlos Francisco Camacho, Colin A Johnson-Giammalvo, James Wanliss, Joseph Mosca and Paige Victoria Kahler.
-A History of Magnetic Momentum Dumping on Global Positioning System
(GPS) Satellites (AAS 08-227). Thomas J. Eller and Ronald P. Fuchs.
-Historical Examination of Improvements to Libration Point Trajectory Design (AAS 08-228). David C. Folta.
-The Renaissance of the American Nautical Almanac Office – 1940 (AAS 08-229). Raynor Duncombe.
-SESSION 19:
-ORBITAL DYNAMICS, PERTURBATIONS AND STABILITY – II
-A State Transition Matrix Using Complex Exponentials for the Two-Body
Problem (AAS 08-230). Troy A. Henderson, Gianmarco Radice and John L. Junkins.
-Orbits and Relative Motion Near an Oblate Body (AAS 08-231). Mayer Humi and Thomas E. Carter.
-Effect of Earth’s Precession on Geosynchronous Satellites under Lunisolar Perturbations and Tesseral Resonance (AAS 08-232). Sofia Belyanin and Pini Gurfil.
-GPS Forces and Orbit Evolution (AAS 08-233). Bob E. Schutz and Laurent Froideval.
-Impact of the Initial Configuration on the Motion Near the Triangular Libration Points of the Sun-Perturbed Earth-Moon Sys tem (AAS 08-234). Jean-Philippe Munoz and Bob E. Schutz.
-Integration of Orbit Trajectories in the Presence of Multiple Full Gravitational Fields (AAS 08-235). Mat thew M. Berry and Vincent T. Coppola.
-Long-Term Behavior of a Mercury Orbiter Perturbed by the Elliptic Motion of the Sun (AAS 08-236). Martín Lara, Jesus F. Palacián, Patricia Yanguas and Carlos Corral.
-Three-Dimensional Analysis of Capture Trajectories to the Periodic Orbits of L1 and L2 Points (AAS 08-237). Masaki Nakamiya, Daniel J. Scheeres, Hiroshi Yamakawa and Makoto Yoshikawa.
-SESSION 20:
-SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL – III
-Geostationary Satellite Station-Keeping Maneuver in the Presence of
Twice-a-Day Thruster-Based Momentum Dumping (AAS 08-238). Byoung-Sun Lee, Hae-Yeon Kim, Yoola Hwang and Jaehoon Kim.
-Autonomous Navigation Algorithm for Precision Landing on Unknown
Planetary Surfaces (AAS 08-239). Baro Hyun and Puneet Singla.
-The Planning of Optical Navigation Pictures for the Cassini Extended Mission (AAS 08-241). Stephen D. Gillam, Rodica Ionasescu and Powtawche Williams.
-Maneuver Planning for Conjunction Risk Mitigation with Groundtrack Control Requirements (AAS 08-242). David P. Mc Kinley.
-Payload Line-of-Sight Calibration with Dual Optical Sensors in Thermal
Vacuum Chamber (AAS 08-243). Tai Mao, Charles Chang, Kevin Rigg, Yaujen Wang, Peter C. Lai, Gary Hsieh and Sabby Sabnis.
-SESSION 21:
-TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION – II
-Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories Via Trade Space Exploration (AAS 08-245). Daniel D. Jordan, David B. Spencer, Timothy W. Simpson, Michael A. Yukish and Gary M. Stump.
-Geometry of Optimal Coverage for Targets Against a Space Background
Subject to Visibility Constraints (AAS 08-247). Belinda G. Marchand and Christopher J. Kobel.
-High Road to Geosynchronous Orbit: Lunar Gravity Assist to Minimize
Delta-V (AAS 08-248). Andrew E. Turner.
-Impulsive Transfer Strategies Along Stable Periodic Orbit Families
(AAS 08-249). Benjamin F. Villac.
-Cost-Based Launch Opportunity Selection Applied to Rendezvous with
99942 Apophis (AAS 08-251). Jonathan S. Townley, Jonathan L. Sharma and Jarret M. Lafleur.
-AAS DIRK BROUWER AWARD LECTURE
-A Personal Remembrance (Summary) (AAS 08-147). Bernard Kaufman.
-APPENDICES
-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
Science and Technology Series.
-AAS History Series.
-INDICES
-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.