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| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| What is Spacecraft Formation Flying? | p. 1 |
| Coordination Approaches | p. 2 |
| Fuel-use Drivers | p. 3 |
| Control of Spacecraft Formations | p. 4 |
| Control Approaches | p. 5 |
| Space Navigation and the Global Positioning System | p. 7 |
| Formation Flying Missions | p. 8 |
| Fundamental Astrodynamics | p. 13 |
| Coordinate Systems | p. 14 |
| The Keplerian Two-body Problem | p. 16 |
| Solution of the Inertial Equations of Motion | p. 22 |
| Nonsingular Orbital Elements | p. 25 |
| Non-Keplerian Motion and Orbital Perturbations | p. 28 |
| Averaging Theory | p. 36 |
| The Basics of Analytical Mechanics, Optimization, Control and Estimation | p. 39 |
| Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics | p. 39 |
| The Delaunay Elements | p. 41 |
| Canonical Transformations | p. 42 |
| Brouwer Theory | p. 43 |
| Constrained Static Optimization | p. 46 |
| Control Lyapunov Functions | p. 47 |
| Linear Quadratic Regulation | p. 48 |
| Kalman Filtering | p. 49 |
| The Unscented Kalman Filter | p. 52 |
| Nonlinear Models of Relative Dynamics | p. 59 |
| Equations of Relative Motion in the Unperturbed Case | p. 60 |
| The Energy Matching Condition | p. 64 |
| Impulsive Formation-keeping | p. 66 |
| Another Outlook on Optimal Formation-keeping | p. 72 |
| Circular Chief Orbit | p. 74 |
| Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Derivations | p. 76 |
| Equations of Relative Motion under the Influence of J2 | p. 78 |
| Linear Equations of Relative Motion | p. 83 |
| The Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations | p. 84 |
| Two-impulse Linear Rendezvous | p. 90 |
| Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Derivations of the CW Equations | p. 94 |
| Accommodating second-order nonlinearities | p. 97 |
| Curvilinear vs. Cartesian Relative Coordinates | p. 99 |
| Elliptic Reference Orbits | p. 103 |
| Periodic Solutions to the TH Equations | p. 117 |
| Modeling Relative Motion Using Orbital Elements | p. 123 |
| General Solution to the Nonlinear Relative Motion Equations | p. 124 |
| Bounds on Maximal and Minimal Distances | p. 128 |
| Relative Motion Approximations with a Circular-Equatorial Reference Orbit | p. 129 |
| Establishing the PCO Initial Conditions | p. 136 |
| Hybrid Differential Equations with Non-linearity Compensation for Unperturbed Circular Orbits | p. 138 |
| Modeling Perturbed Relative Motion Using Orbital Elements | p. 143 |
| The Unit-Sphere Approach | p. 143 |
| Relative Motion Description using Quaternions | p. 147 |
| The Gim-Alfriend Geometric Method | p. 150 |
| Averaged Relative Motion | p. 165 |
| Linearized J2-Dirferential Equations for Circular Orbits | p. 169 |
| Differential Equations from the Gim-Alfriend STM | p. 176 |
| A Second-Order State Propagation Model | p. 180 |
| Perturbation Mitigation | p. 185 |
| Dynamic Constraints for J2 Mitigation | p. 185 |
| A Nonlinear Theory based on Orbital Elements | p. 199 |
| Dynamic Model Error Effect Comparison | p. 206 |
| Perturbed Fundamental Frequencies for Formations in Near-circular Orbits | p. 212 |
| Selection of the PCO Initial Conditions for Near-Circular Orbits | p. 214 |
| Matching the In-plane and Cross-track Fundamental Frequencies | p. 216 |
| PCO Formation Maintenance based on the Modified CW Equations | p. 219 |
| Fuel Minimization and Balancing | p. 222 |
| Rotation-Translation Coupling | p. 227 |
| Relative Dynamics | p. 228 |
| Kinematically-Coupled Relative Spacecraft Motion Model | p. 232 |
| Formation Control | p. 241 |
| Continuous Control | p. 241 |
| Discrete-time LQR Control | p. 249 |
| Impulsive Control based on Gauss' Variational Equations | p. 252 |
| Two-impulse Formation Reconfiguration for Circular Orbits | p. 256 |
| Two-impulse-per-orbit Formation Maintenance | p. 257 |
| Implementation of żż Commands | p. 271 |
| Plan Implementation | p. 272 |
| Impact on Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking | p. 279 |
| Relative Measurements and Navigation | p. 287 |
| Dynamical Modeling | p. 288 |
| Measurement Update: Carrier-Phase Differential GPS | p. 290 |
| Comparison of EKF and UKF for Relative Navigation | p. 293 |
| High-Fidelity Formation Flying Simulation | p. 305 |
| Simulation Controller Configuration | p. 306 |
| Simulation Results | p. 308 |
| Summary and Future Prospects | p. 329 |
| Risk Reduction | p. 329 |
| Fuel Requirements | p. 330 |
| Mission Operations | p. 330 |
| Appendices | p. 331 |
| The Transformation Matrix Σ(t) | p. 331 |
| The Transformation Matrix Σ(t) -1 | p. 332 |
| The Matrix B(t) | p. 334 |
| The State Transition Matrix for Relative Mean Elements | p. 335 |
| Transformation from Mean to Osculating Elements | p. 338 |
| Jacobian for Mean to Osculating Elements | p. 341 |
| Small Eccentricity Theory | p. 351 |
| Yan-Alfriend Nonlinear Theory Coefficients | p. 357 |
| References | p. 363 |
| Index | p. 379 |
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