EDITORIAL INFORMATION

The 22nd Annual AAS Rocky Mountain Section Guidance and Control Conference was held in Breckenridge, Colorado at the Beaver Run Resort 3-7 February 1999. This book contains the papers presented there.

(Extracted from the Preface).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Foreword. Robert D. Culp.

-Preface. Doug Wiemer.

-Section I: Celestial Flak.

-A Comparison of Radar and Optical Techniques for Conducting Near Earth Object (NEO) Searches.
-Orbit Determination and Estimation of Impact Probability for Near Objects.
-The Deflection of Earth Impacting Objects Using Chemical Propulsion.
-Optimal Asteroid Deflection Using Low-Thrust Propulsion.
-Deflection of Large Near-Earth Objects.
-Rock a Bye, Baby.

-Section II: Advanced in Guidance and Control.

-A Star Recognition Algorithm Based on Star Groups and Associated Means.
-Improved Modeling in a MATLAB-Based Navigation System.
-Experimental Results on Three Multipath Compensation Techniques for GPS-Based Attitude Determination.
-Onboard Navigation State Vector Propagation for the Interim Control Module of the International Space Station.
-X-40A Guidance and Control and Flight Test Results.
-Six Axis Vibration Isolation Modern Control Techniques.
-LANDSAT-7 Failure Detection and Correction.

-Section III: Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking.

-Vision-Based Navigation for Rendezvous, Docking and Proximity Operations.
-Experimental Results of Autonomous Rendezvous Docking on Japanese ETS-VII Satellite.
-An Evaluation of the GPS Relative Navigation System for ETS-VII and HTV.
-The ATV Rendez-vous Predevelopment Programme (ARP).
-The Video Guidance Sensor: A Flight Proven Technology.

-Section IV: System Modeling and Simulation.

-Application of MATLAB/Simulink to Guidance and Control Flight-Code Design.
-Use of the MATRIXx Integrated Toolkit on the Microwave Anisotropy Probe Attitude Control System.
-LANDSAT-7 Simulation and Testing Envirnoments.
-Missile Technology Demonstration 3 (MTD-3) Flight Performance.
-Step-Function Improvement in Attitude Determination Accuracy Without Abandoning Heritage Earth and Sun Reference Sensors.
-Space Based Radar Tactical Display System Virtual Prototyping Tool.

-Section V: Recent Experiences in Guidance and Control.

-Indostar-1 Early Orbit Operations.
-Initialization and Early On-Orbit Performance of the Geosat Follow-on Satellite.
-TRMM On-Orbit Attitude Control System Performance.
-On-Orbit Performance of the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) Attitude Control System.
-1997 RADARSAT Antarctic Maneuver.

-APPENDICES.

-Appendix A: Guidance and Control Storyboards

-Appendix B: Publications of the American Astronautical Society.

-INDEX.

-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.