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The idea of using multiple small satellites is becoming very attractive for future space missions. As a consequence the cooperative motion for teams of autonomous small space-craft systems is also becoming increasingly important for maneuvers such formation ying, docking and proximity operations for small satellites. This paper describes the work w...
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... GNC principles are employed to each spacecraft with a modular approach for better integration of these GNC functions into multiple small satel- lites independently of their relative motion such as formation flying, proximity operations, rendezvous and docking. Figure 4 shows the iGNC diagram of the software implemented within COSMOS. ...
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