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% Compute a Hills state from geometric goals Computes the desired relative position and velocity in Hills frame, given the formation flying geometric "goals" and the reference orbital elements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: xH = Goals2Hills( el0, goals ) xH = Goals2Hills( n, theta, goals ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ el0 (1,6) Reference orbital elements (Alfriend format) [a,th,i,q1,q2,W] -or- n (1) Mean orbit rate [rad/sec] theta (1) True latitude [rad] goals (.) Geometric goals data structure with following fields: - y0 (1,:) along-track offset [km] - aE (1,:) semi-major axis of relative ellipse [km] - beta (1,:) angle on ellipse at perigee [rad] - zInc (1,:) cross-track amplitude due to inclination diff [km] - zLan (1,:) cross-track amplitude due to right ascen diff [km] ------- Outputs ------- xH (6,:) Hills frame position and velocity [km; km; km; km/s; km/s; km/s] [ x; y; z; Vx; Vy; Vz] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Mueller, J. and M. Brito,"A Distributed Flight Software Design for Satellite Formation Flying Control," presented at the AIAA Space 2003 Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 2003. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
FormationFlying: Coord/CirclePhase SC: BasicOrbit/OrbRate
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