Fiscal Year	2007
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s)	Kang, Wei Ross, Isaac M.
Sponsor	Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force)
Summary	Systematically explore relative orbits by integrating concepts from periodic optimal control theory, pseudospectral methods and Bohr's concept of almost periodic functions. The expected outcome of our proposed research is a discovery of NE J2-invariant relative orbits, particularly for non-circular reference orbits. This implies that a persistent long-duration formation would be practically realizable. These orbits can then be used for the design of a distributed space system.
Keywords	Satellite Formation Optimal Control
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