Charged-Spacecraft Formation: Concept, Deployment and Coulomb-Force Control

Proximate spacecraft formation flying has many applications in high accurate earth observation and astronomy. In comparison to conventional or electronic thrust, Coulomb thrust has obvious advantages in close-formation control, such as fast throttling, nearly propellantless features and no thruster...

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Main Authors: Mingpei Lin, Ming Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9046751/