<title>Technical Sessions</title>

<h1> 1996 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting</h1>

<h2>Technical Sessions</h2>
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<dt> <h3>Session 1: Mission Design - Lunar and Translunar Trajectories  </h3>
Monday, February 12, 8:30 AM
<h4>Chair: Dr. KathLEEN C. Howell, Purdue University</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-100.html"><b>AAS 96-100</b></a><b> -- Approximate Solutions for Lunar Trajectory and Vehicle Optimization Using Electric PropULsion,</b> C. A. Kluever and K. Chang, University of Missouri - Columbia/Kansas City

<li><a href="abstracts/96-105.html"><b>AAS 96-105</b></a><b> -- CLL LUNAR TRAJECTORY DESIGN,</b> L. A. Wagner, Jr. and N. Wilks, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-101.html"><b>AAS 96-101</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL, LOW-THRUST, EARTH-MOON ORBIT TRANSFERS,</b> A. L. Herman and B. A. Conway, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

<li><a href="abstracts/96-104.html"><b>AAS 96-104</b></a><b> -- MULTIPLE LUNAR FLYBY TARGETING FOR THE WIND MISSION,</b> D. C. Folta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; P. Sharer, Computer Sciences Corporation

<li><a href="abstracts/96-103.html"><b>AAS 96-103</b></a><b> -- TRAJECTORY DETERMINATION FOR A WEAKLY BOUND TRANSLUNAR TRAJECTORY,</b> D. C. Folta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; C. T. Knapp and T. Lee, Computer Sciences Corporation

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 2: Control and Filtering Theory  </h3>
Monday, February 12, 8:30 AM
<h4>Chair: DR. RON PROULX, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-110.html"><b>AAS 96-110</b></a><b> -- DERIVATION AND OPTIMALITY OF DISTRIBUTED FILTERING ALGORITHMS BASED ON MINIMUM VARIANCE METHODS,</b> N. Nabaa and R. H. Bishop, The University of Texas at Austin; J. R. Carpenter, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-111.html"><b>AAS 96-111</b></a><b> -- GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT AUTOMATION,</b> B. M. O'Connor, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace

<li><a href="abstracts/96-108.html"><b>AAS 96-108</b></a><b> -- A NEW CLASS OF ADAPTIVE, EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER,</b> D. R. Cruickshank and G. H. Born, University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-107.html"><b>AAS 96-107</b></a><b> -- AN OPTIMAL CONTROL APPROACH TO NONLINEAR ROBUSTNESS,</b> H. Seywald and R. R. Kumar, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.

<li><a href="abstracts/96-106.html"><b>AAS 96-106</b></a><b> -- PHASE CANCELLATION LEARNING CONTROL USING FFT WEIGHTED FREQUENCY RESPONSE IDENTIFICATION,</b> R. W. Longman and Y. P. Wang, Columbia University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-109.html"><b>AAS 96-109</b></a><b> -- DESIGN OF A DIGITAL LEARNING CONTROLLER USING A PARTIAL ISOMETRY,</b> H. S. Jang and R. W. Longman, Columbia University

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 3: Orbital Debris  </h3>
Monday, February 12, 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: DR. DAVID B. SPENCER, Phillips Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-116.html"><b>AAS 96-116</b></a><b> -- SIGNATURE ANALYSIS OF DEBRIS FROM THE 1994 AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND DEBRIS CAMPAIGN,</b> S. E. Andrews, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-117.html"><b>AAS 96-117</b></a><b> -- CHARACTERISTICS OF DEBRIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DETECTION AND TRACKING,</b> R. Sridharan, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-118.html"><b>AAS 96-118</b></a><b> -- OBSERVATIONS OF DEBRIS IN GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS,</b> A. F. Pensa, R. Sridharan, and G. E. Powell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-112.html"><b>AAS 96-112</b></a><b> -- DEVELOPMENT OF DOD DEBRIS MITIGATION GUIDELINES,</b> W. S. Campbell, M. E. Sorge, D. B. Spencer, and S. R. Maethner, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB

<li><a href="abstracts/96-120.html"><b>AAS 96-120</b></a><b> -- AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORIES OF INTERESTING DEBRIS SATELLTES,</b> G. T. DeVere and R. B. Teets, SenCom Corporation

<li><a href="abstracts/96-113.html"><b>AAS 96-113</b></a><b> -- INTRODUCING IDES: CHARACTERISING THE ORBITAL DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE,</b> R. Walker, S. Hauptman, R. Crowther, H. Stokes, and A. Cant, Defence Research Agency, England

<li><a href="abstracts/96-114.html"><b>AAS 96-114</b></a><b> -- DETERMINATION OF THE SIZES AND MASSES OF DEBRIS OBJECTS,</b> I. J. Gravseth and R. D. Culp, University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-115.html"><b>AAS 96-115</b></a><b> -- A NEW AND DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE NUMBER AND MASSES OF OBJECTS IN EARTH ORBIT,</b> P. Eichler, Lockheed Martin Engineering & Sciences; P. Anz-Meador, Viking Science & Technology, Inc.

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 4: Orbit Modeling  </h3>
Monday, February 12 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: MR. RICK BARNISIN, Orbital Sciences Corporation</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-121.html"><b>AAS 96-121</b></a><b> -- CRYOGEN THRUST MODELING FOR MSX EPHEMERIS GENERATION,</b> C. von Braun, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-126.html"><b>AAS 96-126</b></a><b> -- DRAG COEFFICIENTS OF SPHERES IN FREE-MOLECULAR FLOW,</b> K. Moe, Space and Missle Systems Center; M. M. Moe and S. D. Wallace, University of California - Irvine

<li><a href="abstracts/96-128.html"><b>AAS 96-128</b></a><b> -- MODELING SURFACE FORCES ON THE GEODETIC SATELLITE, AJISAI,</b> M. Cheng, The University of Texas; A. Sengoku, Hydrographic Department of Japan

<li><a href="abstracts/96-122.html"><b>AAS 96-122</b></a><b> -- LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION MODELING FOR THE GPS BLOCK IIR SPACECRAFT,</b> S. H. Vaughan and J. V. Taylor, Lockheed Martin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-125.html"><b>AAS 96-125</b></a><b> -- COMPRESSION OF SATELLITE ORBITS,</b> S. Coffey, Naval Research Laboratory; B. Eckstein, University of Florida;  B. Kelm, Naval Research Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-123.html"><b>AAS 96-123</b></a><b> -- INTERPOLATED GRAVITY ACCELERATIONS,</b> R. S. Hujsak, Logicon Ultasystems, Inc.

<li><a href="abstracts/96-124.html"><b>AAS 96-124</b></a><b> -- EARTH GRAVITATIONAL ERROR BUDGET,</b> W. N. Barker, S. J. Casali, and R. N. Wallner, Kaman Sciences Corporation

<li><a href="abstracts/96-127.html"><b>AAS 96-127</b></a><b> -- AN EVALUATION OF JACCHIA 71 AND MSIS90 ATMOSPHERIC MODELS WITH NASA ODERACS DECAY DATA,</b> C. C. Chao and G.R. Gunning, The Aerospace Corporation; K. Moe, Space and Missle Systems; T. J. Settecerri, Lockheed-Martin Engineering & Sciences

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 5: Shuttle/Mir  </h3>
Tuesday, February 13  , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: MR. LESTER L. SACKETT, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-162.html"><b>AAS 96-162</b></a><b> -- DEVELOPMENT OF ROBUST REDUCED ORDERED DIGITAL CONTROLLER FOR LARGE ORBITING PLATFORMS IN DISCRETE-TIME DOMAIN,</b> A. J. Ericsson-Jackson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; P. M. Bainum and G. Xing, Howard University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-129.html"><b>AAS 96-129</b></a><b> -- SHUTTLE/MIR GNC MISSION OVERVIEW,</b> D. Zimpfer, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory; P. Spehar, Lockheed Martin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-131.html"><b>AAS 96-131</b></a><b> -- SHUTTLE STABILITY AND CONTROL OF THE STS-71 SHUTTLE/MIR MATED CONFIGURATION,</b> D. Zimpfer, K. Kirchwey, D. Hanson, and M. Jackson, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory; N. Smith, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-132.html"><b>AAS 96-132</b></a><b> -- IDENTIFICATION OF SHUTTLE/MIR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL NOTCH FILTERING TUNING,</b> M. Jackson, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-133.html"><b>AAS 96-133</b></a><b> -- FLUTTER OF SOLAR ARRAYS IN RAREFIED JET PLUMES,</b> J. A. Storch, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-130.html"><b>AAS 96-130</b></a><b> -- STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND MIR SPACE STATION,</b> J. Dagen, NASA Johnson Space Center; V. Mezhin, Rocket Space Corporation - Energia

<li><a href="abstracts/96-.html"><b>AAS 96-</b></a><b> -- Shuttle/Mir Video, etc.,</b> D. Zimpfer, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory; P. Spehar, Lockheed Martin

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 6: Artificial Satellite Theory  </h3>
Tuesday, February 13 , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: MR. RALPH SCHINNERER, Kaman Sciences Corporation</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-135.html"><b>AAS 96-135</b></a><b> -- SATELLITE MOTION IN A VINTI POTENTIAL,</b> L. M. Rater, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Space & Defense Systems

<li><a href="abstracts/96-139.html"><b>AAS 96-139</b></a><b> -- FROZEN ORBITS FOR THE ZONAL MOON POTENTIAL,</b> A. Elipe, V. Lanchares, and M. Lara, Universidad de Zaragoza

<li><a href="abstracts/96-138.html"><b>AAS 96-138</b></a><b> -- THE TOPEX ORBIT IN ORLOV'S PLANE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS OF ORBIT LOCAL SPHERICAL HARMONICS,</b> P. J. Melvin, Naval Research Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-136.html"><b>AAS 96-136</b></a><b> -- CANONICAL ELEMENTS FOR PERTURBED ORBITAL MOTIOIN USING AN ARBITRARY TIME PARAMETER,</b> L. Floria, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

<li><a href="abstracts/96-140.html"><b>AAS 96-140</b></a><b> -- THE ORBITAL MOTION OF THE MARTIAN SATELLITES: AN APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE THEORY,</b> R. A. Jacobson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-134.html"><b>AAS 96-134</b></a><b> -- ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS OF POINT MASS MODEL FOR SUBORBITAL/ORBITAL FLIGHTS,</b> T. K. Shrini, Hernandez Engineering

<li><a href="abstracts/96-137.html"><b>AAS 96-137</b></a><b> -- A SET OF REGULAR AND UNIFORM ELEMENTS FOR SATELLITES OF HIGH ECCENTRICITY AND MULTIDAY PERIOD,</b> K. Zare and V. Szebehely, The University of Texas at Austin; J. J. F. Liu, AFF SWC/AE

<li><a href="abstracts/96-141.html"><b>AAS 96-141</b></a><b> -- </ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 7: Orbit Determination - Near Earth  </h3>
Tuesday, February 13 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: DR. Bruce Haines, Jet Propulsion Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

 OF THE SHUTTLE ORBIT CONTROL ACCURACY DURING THE SIR-C/X-SAR MISSION,</b> A. Foni, CNUCE Istituto del CNR; C. Canu, Agenzia Spaziale Italiano

<li><a href="abstracts/96-142.html"><b>AAS 96-142</b></a><b> -- THE INCLUSION OF THE NAVAL SPACE COMMAND SATELLITE THEORY PPT2 IN THE R&D GTDS ORBIT DETERMINATION SYSTEM,</b> P. J. Cefola and D. J. Fonte, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-145.html"><b>AAS 96-145</b></a><b> -- A KALMAN FILTER FOR ORBIT DETERMINATION WITH APPLICATIONS TO GPS, STELLAR, AND X-RAY NAVIGATION,</b> P. J. Melvin, Naval Research Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-148.html"><b>AAS 96-148</b></a><b> -- RELATIVISTIC ORBIT DETERMINATION,</b> J. R. Wright and W. A. Chuba, Applied Technology Associates, Inc.

<li><a href="abstracts/96-146.html"><b>AAS 96-146</b></a><b> -- PARALLEL PROCESSING OF UNCORRELATED OBSERVATIONS INTO SATELLITE ORBITS,</b> S. L. Coffey, Naval Research Laboratory; H. L. Neal, GRC International; E. Jenkins and H. Reynolds, Naval Space Command

<li><a href="abstracts/96-144.html"><b>AAS 96-144</b></a><b> -- A GEMINI PUZZLE - OPTICAL IMAGING 30 YEARS AGO,</b> R. G. Schinnerer, Kaman Sciences Corporation

<li><a href="abstracts/96-143.html"><b>AAS 96-143</b></a><b> -- APPLICATION OF THE EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER FOR RELATIVE NAVIGATION IN AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT,</b> J. L. Garrison and P. Axelrad, University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-147.html"><b>AAS 96-147</b></a><b> -- DYNAMICS AND ORBIT DETERMINATION OF TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS,</b> J. E. Cochran, D. A. Cicci, S. Cho, and Y-M Cheng, Auburn University

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 8: Mission Design - Interplanetary  </h3>
Tuesday, February 13 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: Dr. Lincoln J. Wood, Jet Propulsion Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-151.html"><b>AAS 96-151</b></a><b> -- AN ANALYTIC APPROXIMATION TO VERY HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE & SPECIFIC POWER INTERPLANETARY SPACE MISSION ANALYSIS,</b> C. H. Williams, NASA Lewis Research Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-149.html"><b>AAS 96-149</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL GRAVITY-ASSISTED SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORIES FOR OUT-OF-ECLIPTIC INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS,</b> M. A. Jalali and S. H. Pourtakdoust, Sharif University of Technology

<li><a href="abstracts/96-155.html"><b>AAS 96-155</b></a><b> -- SPHERE-OF-INFLUENCE TO PLANET-FIXED COORDINATES TARGETING,</b> V. R. Bond, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace; M. Munk, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-153.html"><b>AAS 96-153</b></a><b> -- MISSION PLAN FOR MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR,</b> W. Lee and W. Sidney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-150.html"><b>AAS 96-150</b></a><b> -- PERTURBATION FORCES ACTING ON THE ROSETTA SPACECRAFT IN A CLOSE ORBIT AROUND COMET P/WIRTANEN,</b> E. Gill and O. Montenbruck, GSOC/DLR; M. Patzold, University of Cologne

<li><a href="abstracts/96-152.html"><b>AAS 96-152</b></a><b> -- ADAPTIVE ORBIT DETERMINATION FOR INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT,</b> P. D. Burkhart and R. H. Bishop, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-154.html"><b>AAS 96-154</b></a><b> -- MISR INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY DESIGN,</b> L. A. Wagner, Jr. and M. M. Munk, NASA Johson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-156.html"><b>AAS 96-156</b></a><b> -- IMPROVEMENTS IN MARS GRAVITY FIELD DETERMINATION USING RIDGE-TYPE ESTIMATION METHODS,</b> C. F. Minter and D. A. Cicci, Auburn University

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 9: Attitude Dynamics, Control, and Determination I  </h3>
Wednesday, February 14 , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: Dr. John E. Cochran , Auburn University </h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-163.html"><b>AAS 96-163</b></a><b> -- DYNAMICS OF A SATELLITE RETRACTING A LONG ELASTIC APPENDAGE,</b> S. Djerassi, Rafael

<li><a href="abstracts/96-157.html"><b>AAS 96-157</b></a><b> -- DYNAMIC STABILITY CRITERION OF A SLOW SPIN RE-ENTRY VEHICLE,</b> Yan Hui, Nan Ying, and Chen Shilu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. of China

<li><a href="abstracts/96-158.html"><b>AAS 96-158</b></a><b> -- A FAST ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION SYSTEM BASED ON A NEW STAR-ID TECHNIQUE FOR A WIDE FOV STAR TRACKER,</b> D. Mortari, Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

<li><a href="abstracts/96-159.html"><b>AAS 96-159</b></a><b> -- NONLINEAR INSTABILITIES IN A DUAL-SPIN SPACECRAFT WITH AN AXIAL NUTATIONAL DAMPER,</b> P. A. Meehan and S. F. Asokanthan, University of Queensland

<li><a href="abstracts/96-161.html"><b>AAS 96-161</b></a><b> -- MONOTONIC VIBRATION SUPPRESSION USING REPETITIVE CONTROL AND WINDOWING TECHNIQUES,</b> Y. P. Wang and R. W. Longman, Columbia University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-160.html"><b>AAS 96-160</b></a><b> -- DYNAMICS OF A NEAR-SYMMETRICAL SPACECRAFT DRIVEN BY A CONSTANT THRUST,</b> T. Williams and S. Tanygin, University of Cincinnati

<li><a href="abstracts/96-219.html"><b>AAS 96-219</b></a><b> -- CHAOTIC DYNAMICS IN A SPACECRAFT WITH A FLEXIBLE APPENDAGE AND WITH ENERGY DISSIPATION VIA A NONLINEAR CONTROLLER,</b> G. L. Gray, Penn State University; A. P. Mazzoleni, Texas Christian University; and D. R. Campbel III, Penn State University

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 10: i) Orbit Determination / ii) Trajectory Optimization  </h3>
Wednesday, February 14 , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: DR. DAVID CICCI, Auburn University</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-168.html"><b>AAS 96-168</b></a><b> -- ADVANCED LAUNCH SYSTEM TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION,</b> P. D. Burkhart and D. G. Hull, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-170.html"><b>AAS 96-170</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL DESCENT TRAJECTORIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS USING ICBM-CONVERTED LAUNCHERS,</b> P. Teofilatto and F. Santoni, Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

<li><a href="abstracts/96-164.html"><b>AAS 96-164</b></a><b> -- CROSS-CALIBRATION OF ERS-2 RADAR ALTIMETER USING PRECISION ERS ORBITS,</b> C. Rajasenan, M. Anzenhofer, T. Gruber, F-H. Massmann, and Ch. Reigber, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

<li><a href="abstracts/96-169.html"><b>AAS 96-169</b></a><b> -- INDIRECT APPROACH FOR MINIMUM-FUEL AEROASSISTED TRANSFERS,</b> L. Casalino, G. Colasurdo, and D. Pastrone, Politecnico di Torino

<li><a href="abstracts/96-165.html"><b>AAS 96-165</b></a><b> -- GRAVITY TUNING EXPERIMENTS FOR THE PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION OF THE EOS ALTIMETER SATELLITE (EOS ALT/GLAS) USING THE GPS TRACKING DATA,</b> H. J. Rim, G. W. Davis, and B. E. Schutz, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-166.html"><b>AAS 96-166</b></a><b> -- A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATION OF THE GEOSAT EXACT REPEAT MISSION UTILIZING TRANET DOPPLER DATA,</b> M. J. Gabor, Phillips Laboratory; J. C. Ries, The University of Texas

<li><a href="abstracts/96-167.html"><b>AAS 96-167</b></a><b> -- MAINBELT ASTROID RENDEZVOUS MISSIONS USING SOLAR ELECTRIC AND SOLAR SAIL PROPULSION,</b> C. A. McFarland, The University of Texas at Austin; M. Leipold, German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR)

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 11: Attitude Dynamics, Control, and Determination II  </h3>
Wednesday, February 14 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: DR. SANDRA SCRIVENER, Naval Post Graduate School</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-178.html"><b>AAS 96-178</b></a><b> -- A VARIATION OF PARAMETERS APPROACH FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR THE ROTATIONAL MOTION OF A RIGID BODY,</b> V. R. Bond, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Space and Defense Systems

<li><a href="abstracts/96-174.html"><b>AAS 96-174</b></a><b> -- PREDICITIVE FILTERING FOR ATTITUDE ESTIMATION WITHOUT RATE SENSORS,</b> J. L. Crassidis and F. L. Markley, Goddard Space Flight Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-176.html"><b>AAS 96-176</b></a><b> -- ATTITUDE CONTROL AND MOMENTUM MANAGEMENT OF SPACECRAFT BASED ON A SENSITIVITY OBSERVATION,</b> R. R. Kumar and H. Seywald, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.

<li><a href="abstracts/96-177.html"><b>AAS 96-177</b></a><b> -- ON IMPROVING THE GALILEO SCAN PLATFORM CONE CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE IN CRUISE MODE REMOTE SENSING,</b> C-H. C. Ih, K. B. Hilbert, E. H. McMahon, and K. A. Bahrami, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-173.html"><b>AAS 96-173</b></a><b> -- EULER-q ALGORITHM FOR ATTITUDE DETERMINATION FROM VECTOR OBSERVATIONS,</b> D. Mortari, Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

<li><a href="abstracts/96-171.html"><b>AAS 96-171</b></a><b> -- ATTDES - AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR SATELLITE ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL,</b> D. L. Mackison and K. Gifford, University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-172.html"><b>AAS 96-172</b></a><b> -- ADAPTIVE EXTERNAL TORQUE ESTIMATION BY MEANS OF TRACKING A LYAPUNOV FUNCTION,</b> H. Schaub, Texas A&M Univ.; R. D. Robinett, Sandia National Laboratories; J. L. Junkins, Texas A&M University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-175.html"><b>AAS 96-175</b></a><b> -- ATTITUDE CONTROL OF SMALL SATELLITES USING FUZZY LOGIC,</b> B. Petermann and A. Misra, McGill University

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 12: Orbit Determination Using GPS  </h3>
Wednesday, February 14 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: Dr. Paul Schumacher, Naval Space Command</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-183.html"><b>AAS 96-183</b></a><b> -- ORBIT ESTIMATION RESULTS FOR TOPEX/POSEIDON BASED ON GPS TRACKING DATA,</b> E. R. Swift, M. J. Merrigan, and M. W. Gouldman, Naval Surface Warfare Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-179.html"><b>AAS 96-179</b></a><b> -- ORBIT DETERMINATION OF THE ORBITAL RE-ENTRY EXPERIMENT (OREX) SPACECRAFT BY GPS,</b> M. Murata, M. Harigae, and T. Tsujii, National Aerospace Laboratory, Japan

<li><a href="abstracts/96-181.html"><b>AAS 96-181</b></a><b> -- FLIGHT DATA RESULTS OF ESTIMATE FUSION FOR SPACECRAFT RENDEZVOUS NAVIGATION FROM SHUTTLE MISSION STS-69,</b> J. R. Carpenter, NASA Johnson Space Center; R. H. Bishop, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-182.html"><b>AAS 96-182</b></a><b> -- FLIGHT TEST RESULTS FROM REAL-TIME RELATIVE GPS FLIGHT EXPERIMENT ON STS-69,</b> J. Brazzel and Y. Park, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace; R. Carpenter, H. Hinkel, and J. Newman, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-184.html"><b>AAS 96-184</b></a><b> -- GPS AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION FOR GROUNDTRACK REPEAT ORBITS,</b> J. R. Guinn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

<li><a href="abstracts/96-185.html"><b>AAS 96-185</b></a><b> -- PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATION FOR GFO AND GFO-2,</b> K. Irish, K. Gold, G. H. Born, R. Markin, and P. Axelrad, The University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-186.html"><b>AAS 96-186</b></a><b> -- AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION OF BLOCK II-R GPS SATELLITE USING CROSS-LINK MEASUREMENTS,</b> P. A. M. Abusali, B. D. Tapley, and B. E. Schutz, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-180.html"><b>AAS 96-180</b></a><b> -- STS-69 RELATIVE POSITIONING GPS EXPERIMENT,</b> C. Schroeder, B. Schutz, and P. Abusali, The University of Texas

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 13: Mission Analysis  </h3>
Thursday, February 15 , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: Dr. Richard Holdaway, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-187.html"><b>AAS 96-187</b></a><b> -- MODELING THE INTERNAL EFFECTS WITHIN A HABITABLE MODULE DUE TO A PERFORATION BY AN ORBITAL DEBRIS PARTICLE,</b> W. P. Schonberg, Q. Davenport, J. Serrano, D. Gala, D. J. Liquornik, and R. A. Hayami, University of Alabama in Huntsville; J. E. Williamsen, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-188.html"><b>AAS 96-188</b></a><b> -- PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER FOR SPACE CONTACT SIMULATORS,</b> M. M. Wahbah, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace

<li><a href="abstracts/96-189.html"><b>AAS 96-189</b></a><b> -- ON-ORBIT APPLICATION OF H-INFINITY TO THE MIDDECK ACTIVE CONTROLS EXPERIMENT,</b> J. A. Woods-Vedeler and L. Horta, NASA Langley Research Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-191.html"><b>AAS 96-191</b></a><b> -- DEMONSTRATING LUNAR OXYGEN PRODUCTION:  THE TEXAS INTERDISCIPLENARY STUDENT MISSION DESIGN PROJECT,</b> C. C. Seybold, M. Fischer, and W. T. Fowler, The University of Texas at Austin; R. Baccus and A. Cohen, Texas A&M University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-192.html"><b>AAS 96-192</b></a><b> -- THE DATA-CHASER HITCHHIKER PROJECT AS A DEMONSTRATION OF DISTRIBUTED OPERATIONS FOR SMALL PAYLOADS,</b> J. Willis and R. Sheppard, University of Colorado

<li><a href="abstracts/96-193.html"><b>AAS 96-193</b></a><b> -- DRACO, A DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH GAS CAN ORBITER FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION IN LOW EARTH ORBIT,</b> W. T. Horton and F. J. Redd, Utah State University

<li><a href="abstracts/96-218.html"><b>AAS 96-218</b></a><b> -- THE EDUCATIONAL OZONE RESEARCHER:  A 1995 USRA STEDI FINALIST,</b> L. H. McClure and E. L. Riddle, University of Colorado

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 14: Low Thrust, Power Limited, and Continuous Thrust Missions  </h3>
Thursday, February 15 , 8:00 AM
<h4>Chair: Dr. Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-199.html"><b>AAS 96-199</b></a><b> -- SHELLS OF MULTIPLE THRUST IN POWER-LIMITED RENDEZVOUS OF A SPACECRAFT,</b> T. E. Carter, Eastern Connecticut State University; C. J. Pardis, Worchester Polytechnic Institute

<li><a href="abstracts/96-196.html"><b>AAS 96-196</b></a><b> -- Inclination Change Efficiency: A Geocentric Orbit Transfer Guidance Method Using Continuous Low Thrust,</b> S. Yoon, Auburn University; D. G. Tuckness, Jr., University of Texas at Arlingtion

<li><a href="abstracts/96-194.html"><b>AAS 96-194</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL LOW THRUST INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES BY DIRECT METHOD TECHNIQUES,</b> C. A. Kluever, University of Missouri-Columbia/Kansas City

<li><a href="abstracts/96-200.html"><b>AAS 96-200</b></a><b> -- POWER-LIMITED TRANSFERS BETWEEN TWO COPLANAR CONICS UNDER CONTINUOUS KEPLERIAN THRUST,</b> N. Markopoulos, Georgia Institute of Technology

<li><a href="abstracts/96-197.html"><b>AAS 96-197</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL CONTINUOUS THRUST ORBIT TRANSFERS,</b> J. D. Thorne and C. D. Hall, Air Force Institute of Technology

<li><a href="abstracts/96-198.html"><b>AAS 96-198</b></a><b> -- CLOSED-FORM THRUST ACCELERATION FOR OPTIMAL POWER-LIMITED TRAJECTORIES,</b> J. E. Prussing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

<li><a href="abstracts/96-195.html"><b>AAS 96-195</b></a><b> -- OPTIMAL LOW-THRUST INTERCEPTION OF EARTH-CROSSING ASTEROIDS,</b> B. A. Conway, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 15: Mission Design - Near Earth  </h3>
Thursday, February 15 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: Dr. Victoria Coverstone-Carroll, University of Illinois</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-203.html"><b>AAS 96-203</b></a><b> -- POST DEPLOYMENT RECONTACT ISSUES FOR THE SEDS/SEDSAT MISSION,</b> S. W. Evans, Marshall Space Flight Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-202.html"><b>AAS 96-202</b></a><b> -- STRATEGIES FOR MAXIMIZING THE LIFETIME OF THE SEDSAT SATELLITE,</b> J. Pelaez and M. Ruiz, E.T.S.I. Aeronauticos; E. C. Lorenzini, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

<li><a href="abstracts/96-208.html"><b>AAS 96-208</b></a><b> -- DESIGN OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS FOR REGIONAL COVERAGE,</b> F. M. Soccorsi and G. B. Palmerini, Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

<li><a href="abstracts/96-201.html"><b>AAS 96-201</b></a><b> -- STABILITY OF PENDULAR MOTION OF A TETHER SYSTEM IN AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT,</b> J. Pelaez and M. Ruiz, E.T.S.I. Aeronauticos U.P.M.; E. C. Lorenzini, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

<li><a href="abstracts/96-205.html"><b>AAS 96-205</b></a><b> -- REPEAT GROUND TRACK ANALYSIS FOR THE GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM,</b> S. Lim and B. E. Schutz, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-204.html"><b>AAS 96-204</b></a><b> -- ALTIMETER DATA TREATMENT AND ORBIT SELECTION FOR TOPEX/POSEIDON AND ERS-1,</b> J. J. Martinez Benjamin and D. Sanchez Ariz, Unversitat Politecnica de Catlunya, Spain

<li><a href="abstracts/96-206.html"><b>AAS 96-206</b></a><b> -- ESTIMATION OF ICE SHEET SURFACE ELEVATION CHANGE FROM THE EOS ALTIMETER SATELLITE (ICESAT) CROSSOVER SIMULATION,</b> C. J. Choe and B. E. Schutz, The University of Texas at Austin

<li><a href="abstracts/96-220.html"><b>AAS 96-220</b></a><b> -- EVE, AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL OPERATIONS TOOL FOR THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER,</b> D. Korsmeyer, NASA Ames Research Center; T. Morgan, Center for EUV Astrophysics

</ul>
<dt> <h3>Session 16: i) GSO Mission Planning / ii) GPS-INS Systems  </h3>
Thursday, February 15 , 1:00 PM
<h4>Chair: DR. DON MACKISON, University of Colorado</h4><p>
<ul>

<li><a href="abstracts/96-215.html"><b>AAS 96-215</b></a><b> -- LAUNCH RECOVERY MISSION FOR THE KOREASAT FLIGHT 1,</b> Han Hwangbo and Soongjoo Im, Korea Telecom

<li><a href="abstracts/96-209.html"><b>AAS 96-209</b></a><b> -- ON THE INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT USING FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES,</b> H. Shingu, M. Harigae, T. Tsujii, K. Ishikawa, and Y. Miyazawa, National Aerospace Laboratory, Japan

<li><a href="abstracts/96-210.html"><b>AAS 96-210</b></a><b> -- ERROR ANALYSIS AND STABILITY INVESTIGATION OF INTEGRATED GPS/INS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS,</b> D. G. Tuckness and D. J. Jwo, The University of Texas at Arlington

<li><a href="abstracts/96-216.html"><b>AAS 96-216</b></a><b> -- CONTROL LAW DESIGN FOR AUTONOMOUS STATION COLLOCATION OF SATELLITES,</b> H. Bang, B. Park, S. Kim, and H. Hwangbo, Korea Aerospace Research Institute

<li><a href="abstracts/96-212.html"><b>AAS 96-212</b></a><b> -- A SYMPLETIC MAP FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT PROPAGATION,</b> A. A. Jackson, NASA Johnson Space Center

<li><a href="abstracts/96-213.html"><b>AAS 96-213</b></a><b> -- INTER-SATELLITE TRACKING FOR CO-LOCATION,</b> C. L. Pastor, G. Mocci, and S. Carlini, Nuova Telespazio S.p.A.

<li><a href="abstracts/96-214.html"><b>AAS 96-214</b></a><b> -- GEOSYNCHRONOUS SURVEILLANCE WITH A SPACE-BASED SENSOR,</b> R. Sridharan and W. F. Burnham, Lincoln Laboratory

</li>
</ul>