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1 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA August 2012 Volume 2 of 2 ISBN:

2 Volume 2 Geometric Analysis and Design Method for Discontinuous Coverage Satellite Constellations 1007 Yuri Ulybyshev, S. P. Korolev Rocket Modified Molniya Orbits for Solar Power Arrays 1024 Paul Christopher Optimizing Flower Constellations for Global Coverage 1040 Daniel Casanova, Martin Avendano, Daniele Mortari Real Time Tracking of Geostationary Satellites in Sub Arc Second Accuracy 1058 Jizhang Sang, Craig Smith An AEGIS-FISST Algorithm for Multiple Object Tracking in Space Situational Awareness 1068 Islam Hussein, Kyle Demars, Carolin Frueh The Effects of Uncertainty Propagation on Dynamic Sensor Tasking 1088 Patrick Williams, David Spencer Riding the Banzai Pipeline at Jupiter: Balancing Low AV and Low Radiation to Reach Europa 1107 Timothy McElrath, Stefano Campagnola, Nathan Strange Efficiently Locating Impact and Escape Scenarios in Spacecraft Reachability Sets 1120 Erik Komendera, Elizabeth Bradley, Daniel Scheeres Precise Autonomous Orbit Control in Low Earth Orbit 1135 Sergio De Florio, Simone D'Amico, Gianmarco Radice A Preliminary Analysis of Small Spacecraft Finite-Thrust Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer 1158 Begum Senses, Anil Rao Utilizing Uncertainty Information in Early Model Validation 1173 Magnus Carlsson, Soren Steinkellner, Hampus Gavel, Johan Olvander Characterization of Eddy Currents for Space Actuation 1185 Benjamin Reinhardt, Mason Peck Pointing Error Metrics: Displacement, Smear, Jitter, and Smitter with Application to Image Motion MTF 1195 Mark Pittelkau, William McKinley Hybrid Modeling Technique Applied to NASA's Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) Mission TableSat Generation IB (TableSat IB) 1214 Jason Medas, May Win Thein Attitude Control for Chip Satellites using Multiple Electrodynamic Tethers 1225 Lorraine Weis, Mason Peck

3 Asteroid Mission Design Software Tool for Planetary Defense Applications 1234 George Vardaxis, Bong Wie Conceptual Design of a Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle (HAIV) and its Flight Validation Mission 1256 Alan Pitz, Brian Kaplinger, Bong Wie Analysis and Selection of Optimal Targets for a Planetary Defense Technology Sam Wagner, Timothy Winkler, Bong Wie Demonstration Mission 1277 High-Performance Computing for Optimal Disruption of Hazardous NEOs 1296 Brian Kaplinger, Bong Wie Halo Orbits Near Small Bodies in the Elliptic Bharat Mahajan, Henry Pernicka Restricted Problem 1310 Absolute Orbit Determination and Gravity Field Recovery for 433 Eros Using Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking 1319 Jason Leonard, Eduardo Villalba, Brandon Jones, George Born Navigation Between Geosynchronous and Lunar LI Orbiters 1336 Jeffrey Parker, Rodney Anderson, George Born, Kohei Fujimoto, Jason Leonard, Ryan McGranaghan Phase Center Variation Modeling of ICESat GPS Antenna for Precision Orbit Determination 1356 Sungpil Yoon, Hyungjin Rim, B. Schutz Implicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Orbit Propagation 1368 J. Aristoff A. Poor ExoMars/TGO Science Orbit Design 1387 Stacia Long, Daniel Lyons, Joseph Guinn Optimal Pursuit/Evasion Spacecraft Trajectories in the Hill Reference Frame 1397 Joan Stupik, Mauro Pontani, Bruce Conway Trajectory Control of Rendezvous with Maneuver Target Spacecraft 1412 Zhiqiang Zhou Orbital rendez-vous using Differential Drag Lamberto Dell'Elce, Gaetan Kerschen in the QB50 Constellation 1422 Angles-only Navigation to a Non-Cooperative Satellite using Relative Orbital Elements 1434 Gahriella Gaias, Simone D'Amico, Jean-Sebastien Ardaens Implementation of Shortest-Time Maneuvers for Generic CMG Steering Laws 1455 Mark Karpenko, Michael Ross Spacecraft Attitude Maneuver using Two Single-gimbal Control Moment Gyros 1471 Shinya Kasai, Hirohisa Kojima, Mitsunori Satoh

4 Momentum Envelopes and Steering ofcontrol Moment Gyroscope Clusters 1490 Ozan Tekinalp Local Orbital Debris Flux Study in the Geostationary Ring 1498 Paul Anderson, Hanspeter Schaub Attitude Dynamics Simulation of MLI Space Debris Objects in Geosynchronous Earth Orbits 1511 Carolin Fmh, Thomas Kelecy Short and Middle Term Uncontrolled Re-entry Monitoring Using Public Space Debris Catalogues 1529 Juan Carlos Dolado Perez, Armand Hedon Impact of Non-Gaussian Error Volumes on Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis 1543 Richard Christ, Dragan Plakalovic A method of Estimating Atmospheric Mass Density from Precise Orbit Solution 1559 Jizhang Sang, Craig Smith, Kefei Zhang Orbit Propagation Using Gauss-Legendre Collocation 1570 Brandon Jones Dynamical Properties of Geostationary Transfer Orbits over Long Time Scales: Consequences for Mission Analysis Vincent Morand, Alain Lamy, Clemence Le Fevre, Hubert Fraysse, Florent Deleflie and Lifetime Estimation 1586 J2-Propelled Orbits and Constellations 1609 Daniele Mortari, Martin Eugenio Avendano, Sanghyun Lee Dynamics of a Thrusting, Spinning Satellite with Changing Center of Mass Position 1620 S. Lauren McNair, Steven Tragesser Analytical Solution of the Motion of Spinning Thrusting Spacecraft with Transverse Ramp-Up Torques 1632 Mohammad Ayoubi, Kaela Martin, James Longuski Global Feedback Control for Attitude Maneuvers of a Spacecraft by Two Reaction Wheels 1647 Haichao Gui, Lei Jin, Shijie Xu A Hierarchical Tree Code Based Approach for Efficient Conjunction Analysis 1661 Michael Mercurio, Puneet Singla, Abani Patra Performance Assessment of the EOS Space Debris Tracking System 1673 Jizhang Sang, Craig Smith Orbital Dynamics of Earth-orbiting Particles under Perturbing Forces 1685 Bindu Jagannatha, Victoria Coverstone Identifying and Quantifying Mis-Modeled Dynamics via Optimal Control Problem Distance Metrics 1704 Daniel Lubey, Daniel Scheeres

5 Modeling and Estimating the Yarkovsky Effect on Asteroid 1999 RQ John Basart, Erik Goetzke, Christian Setzer, Bong Wie Analysis of Gravity-Gradient-Perturbed Attitude Dynamics on a Stationary Orbit Around an Asteroid via Dynamical Systems Theory 1740 Yue Wang, ShijieXu Mission Analysis for a Temporary Geocentric Asteroids 1750 John Kidd, Roberto Furfaro, Michael Cupples, Carl Hergenrother, Daniel Wibben, Dante Lauretta Development of Rosetta's Initial Stage Comet Rendezvous Guidance Systems 1761 David Wokes, Jan Essert Efficient Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification in Space Mission Dynamics 1776 Piyush Grover, Yuki Sato Statistical Orbit Determination using the Particle Filter for Incorporating non-gaussian Uncertainties 1786 Alinda Mashiku, James Garrison, Russell Carpenter Precise Orbit Determination with Satellite Laser Ranging Observations Using a Batch Filter Based on Particle Filtering 1798 Young Rok Kim, Sang-Young Park, Chandeok Park, Eun-Seo Park, Hyung-Chul Lim Accurate Propagation of Initial Uncertainty in the Two Body Problem 1824 Mrinal Kumar A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects - Part II, Orbital Capture 1831 Ashley Gleaves, Randall Allen, Adam Tupis, John Quigley, Adam Moon, Eric Roe, David Spencer, Nicholas Youst, James Lyne Orbital Operations for Phobos and Deimos Exploration 1845 Mark Wallace, Jeffrey Parker, Daniel Grebow, Nathan Strange Aerobraking Challenges for a Combined Mars Orbiter and Lander in Daniel Lyons Europa Multiple-Flyby Trajectory Design 1872 Brent Buffington, Stefano Campagnola Search & Selection for Future Flyby Targets for the DI/EPOXI Spacecraft 1892 Daniel Grebow, Shyam Bhaskaran, Steven Chesley Integrated Guidance and Attitude Control for Asteroid Proximity Operations Using Higher Order Sliding Modes 1902 Daniel Wibben, Roberto Furfaro Robust Spacecraft Hovering Near Small Bodies in Environments with Unknown Dynamics Using Reinforcement Learning 1920 Brian Gaudet, Roberto Furfaro

6 Using Solar Arrays for Orbital Control Near Small Bodies. Trade-offs Characterization 1940 Benjamin Villac, Gibert Ribalta Autonomous Aerobraking Development Software: Phase One Performance Analysis at Mars, Venus, and Titan ] 957 Robert Maddock, Angela Bowes, Alicia Dwyer-Cianciolo, Jill Prince, Richard Powell Deimos Rendezvous Orbit Design Yanping Guo, Johns Hopkins for the MERLIN Mission 1978 Understanding and Utilizing Properties of Phase Space near a Periodic Orbit for the Jupiter Europa Dylan Boone, Daniel Scheeres Author Index Orbiter 1989

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