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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume in two parts presents the proceeding of the 12th Annual AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, January 27-30, 2002.

(Extracted from the Press Release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Contents.

-Part I:

-Attitude Determination and Sensors.

-Attitude Determination for KOMPSAT-2 Using Star Identification.
-Attitude Determination and Autonomous On-Orbit Calibration of Star Tracker for the GIFTS Mission.
-Autonomous On-Orbit Calibration Approaches for Star Tracker Cameras.
-Predictive Centroiding for Single and Multiple FOVs Star Trackers.
-Rate Estimator for Windowed Quaternion Estimator.
-Development of Inertial Measurement Sensor Using Magnetic Levitation.

-Orbital Mechanics I.

-Stability Bounds for Three-Dimensional Motion Close to Asteroids.
-The Generalized Sundman Transformation for Propagation of High-Eccentricity Elliptical Orbits.
-Almost Periodic Orbits Around the Geostationary Points.
-Analytical Formulation of Fast Flyby Trajectories Around a Triaxal Body.
-Variations, Potentials, and Numerical Integration.
-Orbit Transfers to Lower Altitude Orbits Using Aerobraking.

-Collision Avoidance and Debris.

-Introducing the ESA-MASTER 2001 Space Debris Model.
-Close Geostationary Satellite Encounter Analysis: 1997-2001.
-Analytic Solution for COLA Maneuver Optimization for Near-Circular Orbits.
-Satellite Collision Analysis Using Genetic Algorithms as a Filter.
-The Effect of the Periodic Covariance Variations on the Probability of Collision.
-Close Encounters With Multiple Satellites.

-Attitude Control and Determination.

-Design of the Reaction Wheel Attitude Control System for the Cassini Spacecraft.
-Use of Guidance and Control Test Cases to Verify Spacecraft Attitude Control System Design.
-Attitude Control of Earth-Pointing Spacecraft Using the Reaction Jets and Magnetic Torques.
-Global Adaptive Stabilization Using Output Feedback for Spacecraft Attitude Tracking.
-ICESAT/GLAS Laser Pointing Determination.

-Orbital Mechanics I.

-Progress Report on U.S. Space Command Astrodynamic Standards Effort.
-The Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment.
-Recent Developments of the Raven Small Telescope Program.
-Astrodynamics Research With the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site.
-Satellite Ephemeris Representation Using Hybrid Compression.
-Precise Onboard Ephemeris Propagation Method Using CW Frame and Multiple Compressions.
-A Preliminary Analysis of the SAC-C Orbit Reconstruction Using the Experimental GPS/GLONASS Receiver Lagrange.

-Interplanetary Missions I.

-A Low-Cost and Low-Technology Mission and System Design Concept for Mars Entry, Descent and Landing.
-Celestial Navigation on the Surface of Mars.
-Optical Navigation for the Mars Premier 2007 Orbiter Approach Phase.
-The Effect of USO Stability on One-Way Doppler Navigation of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
-Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer Around Minor Planets.
-A Gravity Model for Navigation Close to Asteroids and Comets.
-Navigation of Aerial Platforms on Titan.

-Formation Flying.

-The Characterization of Formation Flying Satellite Relative Motion Orbits.
-A Solution of the Elliptic Rendezvous Problem With the Time as Independent Variable.
-A Third-Order Analytical Solution for Relative Motion With a Circular Reference Orbit.

-Orbital Mechanics III.

-Orbit Design and Station Keeping Strategy of the Co-Located Geostationary Satellites.
-An Algorithm for Autonomous Longitude and Eccentricity Control for Geostationary Spacecraft.
-Autonomous Landing Manoeuvre by Landmark Tracking Technique.
-An Efficient Searching Strategy Based on the Capabilities of a Single Ground Station.
-Optimal Transfer Between Circular and Hyperbolic Orbits Using Analytical Maximum Thrust Arcs.

-Interplanetary Missions II.

-Cassini Orbit Reconstruction From Earth to Jupiter.
-Pioneer and Voyager Jupiter Encounter Orbit Reconstruction in the ICRF System.
-Ballistic Jupiter Gravity-Assist, Perihelion-DeltaV Trajectories for a Realistic Interstellar Explorer.
-Precise Determination of Accelerometer Proof Mass.
-Earth-Capture Trajectories Using Solar Electric Propulsion.
-Hyperbolic Rendezvous for Earth-Mars Cycler Missions.