CONTENTS Page FOREWORD vii PREFACE ix Part I SESSION 1: ORBIT DETERMINATION 1 1 Algorithm of Automatic Detection and Analysis of Non-Evolutionary Changes in Orbital Motion of Geocentric Objects (AAS 09-103) Sergey Kamensky, Andrey Tuchin, Victor Stepanyants and Kyle T. Alfriend . 3 Deriving Density Estimates Using CHAMP Precision Orbit Data for Periods of High Solar Activity (AAS 09-104) Andrew Hiatt, Craig A. McLaughlin and Travis Lechtenberg ......23 Geosat Follow-on Precision Orbit Improvement through Drag Model Update (AAS 09-105) Stephen R. Mance, Craig A. McLaughlin, Frank G. Lemoine, David D. Rowlands, and Paul J. Cefola ............43 On Preliminary Orbit Determination: A New Approach (AAS 09-106) Reza Raymond Karimi and Daniele Mortari...........63 Comparision of Different Methods of LEO Satellite Orbit Determination for a Single Pass Through a Radar (AAS 09-107) Zakhary N. Khutorovsky, Sergey Yu. Kamensky, Nickolay N. Sbytov and Kyle T. Alfriend .................71 Passive Multi-Target Tracking with Application to Orbit Determination for Geosynchronous Objects (AAS 09-108) Kyle J. DeMars and Moriba Jah ..............89 SESSION 2: RENDEZVOUS, RELATIVE MOTION, FORMATION FLIGHT AND SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS 1 101 A Cooperative Egalitarian Peer-to-Peer Strategy for Refueling Satellites in Circular Constellations (AAS 09-109) Atri Dutta and Panagiotis Tsiotras .............103 An Investigation of Teardrop Relative Orbits for Circular and Elliptical Chief Satellites (AAS 09-110) David J. Irvin Jr., Richard G. Cobb and T. Alan Lovell .......121 xiii Page Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations Via Leader-Follower Approach (AAS 09-111) Mahmut Reyhanoglu.................141 Decentralized Optimization for Control of Satellite Imaging Formations in Complex Regimes (AAS 09-112) Lindsay D. Millard and Kathleen C. Howell ..........153 Electromagnetic Flat Docking System for in-Orbit Self-Assembly of Small Spacecraft (AAS 09-113) Samia Smail and Craig I. Underwood ............173 Investigations of a Massive, Non-Spherical Chief in Close Proximity Formations (AAS 09-114) Cengiz Akinli and Ryan Russell .............185 One-Dimensional Testbed for Coulomb Controlled Spacecraft (AAS 09-115) Carl R. Seubert and Hanspeter Schaub ............205 SESSION 3: SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL 1 223 Spacecraft Constellation Orbit Estimation Via a Novel Wireless Positioning System (AAS 09-116) Shu Ting Goh, Ossama Abdelkhalilk and Seyed A. Zekavat ......225 A New Optimal Orbit Control for Two-Point Boundary-Value Problem Using Generating Functions (AAS 09-117) Mai Bando and Hiroshi Yamakawa.............245 Improvement of Vision-Based Estimation Using Multiple Vector Observations (AAS 09-118) Daero Lee and Henry Pernicka ..............261 Optimal Guidance for Lunar Ascent (AAS 09-119) David G. Hull ..................275 Desensitizing the Minimum-Fuel Powered Descent for Mars Pinpoint Landing (AAS 09-120) Haijun Shen, Hans Seywald and Richard W. Powell ........287 Finite Set Control Transcription for Optimal Control Applications (AAS 09-121) Stuart A. Stanton and Belinda G. Marchand ..........307 Autonomous Optical Lunar Navigation (AAS 09-122) Brian Crouse, Renato Zanetti, Chris D’Souza and Pol D. Spanos ....327 Rigid Body Inertia Estimation with Applications to the Capture of a Tumbling Satellite (AAS 09-123) Daniel Sheinfeld and Stephen Rock ............343 xiv Page SESSION 4: ATTITUDE SENSING, ESTIMATION, AND CALIBRATION 1 357 Partial Disk Tracking Using Visual Snakes: Application to Spacecraft Pose Estimation (AAS 09-124) Rajtilok Chakravarty and Hanspeter Schaub ..........359 Fast Access and Low Memory Star Pair Catalog for Star Identification (AAS 09-125) David D. Needelman, James P. Alstad, Peter C. Lai and Haytham M. Elmasri . 379 The K-Vector ND and its Application to Building a Non-Dimensional Star Identification Catalog (AAS 09-126) Benjamin B Spratling IV and Danielle Mortari .........397 Performance of Spin-Axis Attitude Estimation Algorithms With Real Data (AAS 09-127) Jozef C. van der Ha .................411 Time Tag Issues in the Star Tracker and Gyro Data for ICESat Precision Attitude Determination (AAS 09-128) Sungkoo Bae, Randall Ricklefs, Noah Smith and Bob Schutz .....431 Using Quantum Search Algorithm in Future Spacecraft Attitude Determination (AAS 09-129) Jack Tsai, F. Y. Hsiao and Y. J. Li .............445 Nonsingular Attitude Filtering Using Modified Rodrigues Parameters (AAS 09-130) Christopher D. Karlgaard and Hanspeter Schaub .........461 SESSION 5: IBEX SPECIAL SESSION 477 Mission Design for the Interstellar boundary Explorer (IBEX) Mission (AAS 09-131) Michelle Reno, Ryan Tyler, Nathan Schwadron and Dave McComas . 479 Prelaunch Trajectory Design and Analysis for the IBEX Mission (AAS 09-132) Mike Loucks, John Carrico and Ryan Tyler ..........485 Prelaunch Orbit Determination Design and Analysis for the IBEX Mission (AAS 09-133) John Carrico, Mike Loucks and Lisa Policastri .........499 Trajectory Design Operations for the IBEX Mission (AAS 09-134) Mike Loucks, John Carrico, Marco Concha and Timothy Craychee ....509 Orbit Determination Operations for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (AAS 09-135) Lisa Policastri, John Carrico, Timothy Craychee, Tom Johnson and James Woodburn ................525 Effect of IBEX Spinning Attitude on Doppler Observations (AAS 09-136) James Woodburn, Tom Johnson, Vincent Coppola, John Carrico and Lisa Policastri .................545 xv Page SESSION 6: ORBIT DYNAMICS 1 565 A Cubed Sphere Gravity Model for Fast Orbit Propagation (AAS 09-137) Brandon A. Jones, George H. Born and Gregory Beylkin.......567 A Nonsingular Approach in Satellite Theory (AAS 09-138) Giorgio E. O. Giacaglia and Bob E. Schutz ..........585 Analytic Construction of Periodic Orbits in the Circular Restricted Three Body Problem With Small Mass Parameter (AAS 09-139) Mohammed Ghazy and Brett Newman ............601 Bézier Representation of Analytical Functions (AAS 09-140) Troy A. Henderson, Ashraf Ibrahim and Daniele Mortari.......621 Nearly Circular Equatorial Orbits of a Satellite About an Oblate Body With Atmosphere (AAS 09-141) Thomas Carter and Mayer Humi .............637 PPKBZ9A,SA Two Orbit Propagators Based on an Analytical Theory (AAS 09-142) Juan F. San-Juan ..................653 Evolution Strategies for Computing Periodic Orbits (AAS 09-143) Alberto Abad and Antonio Elipe .............673 SESSION 7: LOW THRUST MISSION AND TRAJECTORY DESIGN 685 An Efficient Method for Computing Near-Optimal, Low-Thrust Earth-Orbit Transfers (AAS 09-145) Craig A. Kluever ..................687 Applications of Constraint Stabilization to Low-Thrust Mission Design (AAS 09-146) Iman Alizadeh and Benjamin Villac ............705 Design Concept and Modeling of an Advanced Solar Photon Thruster (AAS 09-147) Bernd Dachwald and Patrick Wurm ............723 Design of Optimal Low-Thrust Lunar Pole-Sitter Missions (AAS 09-148) Daniel J. Grebow, Martin T. Ozimek and Kathleen C. Howell .....741 Low-Thrust Control of Lunar Orbits (AAS 09-150) Nathan Harl and Henry J. Pernicka .............761 Multiobjective Optimization of Low-Thrust Trajectories Using a Genetic Algorithm Hybrid (AAS 09-151) Matthew A. Vavrina and Kathleen C. Howell ..........781 Trajectory to the Orbit Largely Inclined with the Ecliptic Plane by Way of Electric Propulsion Delta-V Earth Gravity Assist (AAS 09-152) Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Hitoshi Kuninaka and Kazutaka Nishiyama ....801 xvi Page Part II SESSION 8: ORBIT DYNAMICS 2 813 Displaced Periodic Orbits with Low-Thrust Propulsion in the Earth-Moon System (AAS 09-153) Jules Simo and Colin R. McInnes .............815 Fast Orbit Propagation Without Solving Kepler’s Equation (AAS 09-154) Daniele Mortari, Jeremy Davis and Christian Bruccoleri .......829 Gravitational Potential of a Massive Disk (AAS 09-155) A. Elipe, E. Tresaco and A. Riaguas ............843 Identification of Non-Chaotic Terminator Orbits Near 6489 Golevka (AAS 09-156) Stephen B. Broschart and Benjamin F. Villac ..........861 Lunar Analytical Theory for Polar Orbits in a 50-Degree Zonal Model (AAS 09-157) Martin Lara, Sebastián Ferrer and Bernard De Saedeleer .......881 Computation and Applications of an Orbital Dynamics Symplectic State Transition Matrix (AAS 09-158) Yuichi Tsuda and Daniel J. Scheeres ............899 The IAU 2000A and IAU 2006 Precession-Nutation Theories and Their Implementation (AAS 09-159) Vincent Coppola, John H. Seago and David A. Vallado .......919 SESSION 9: SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL 2 939 Designing an Interplanetary Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation System Using Visible Planets (AAS 09-160) Reza Raymond Karimi and Daniele Mortari ..........941 Optimal Autonomous Orbit Control Of Remote Sensing Spacecraft (AAS 09-162) Sergio De Florio and Simone D’Amico ...........949 Orbit Determination Covariance Analysis for the Cassini Extended Mission (AAS 09-163) Rodica Ionasescu, Peter G. Antreasian, Jeremy B. Jones and Duane C. Roth . 969 Pseudospectral Optimal Control Algorithm for Real-Time Trajectory Planning (AAS 09-164) Michael A. Hurni, Pooya Sekhavat and I. Michael Ross .......985 Vision-Based Relative State Estimation Using the Unscented Kalman Filter (AAS 09-166) Daero Lee and Henry Pernicka .............1005 xvii Page SESSION 10: ATTITUDE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL 1 1027 Pointing Performance Investigation of a Multiple Rigid Body Spacecraft (AAS 09-168) Burak Akbulut, Kemal Özgören and Ozan Tekinalp ........1029 Attitude Control by Magnetic Torquer (AAS 09-169) Kikuko Miyata and Jozef