Guidance, navigation and control for 6DOF rendezvous in Cislunar multi-body environment
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- Authors
- Colagrossi, A., Pesce, V., Bucci, L., Colombi, F., & Lavagna, M.
- Affiliations
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Colagrossi, Andrea
- Venue
- Aerospace Science and Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-07
- Volume
- 114
- Pages
- 106751
- ISSN
- 1270-9638 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3157462632
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 2.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Aerospace Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Guidance and Control Systems
- Keywords
- docking, guidance, navigation and control, multibody dynamics, near rectilinear halo orbit, state estimation
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