Formation Flying

Formation Flying is a spacecraft mission configuration in astrodynamics in which multiple spacecraft are controlled to maintain prescribed relative motion and geometric relationships while independently orbiting a central body, thereby operating cooperatively as a virtual single system or instrument.

2.2K

Publications

109.5K

Citations

4.7K

Authors

1.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

779

Variants

Spacecraft Formation Flying

Parents

Astrodynamics

Children

Angle-only NavigationCommunication ConstraintsConsensus ControlDifferential Drag ControlFormation AcquisitionFormation GeometryFormation InitializationFormation KeepingFuel-optimal ControlHomogeneous Formations

Publications

2.2K

Advances in astronautical sciences

Luke Shepherd · Planetary and Space Science · 1963 · 1.3K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy +12

A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control

Randal W. Beard, Jonathan Lawton, Fred Y. Hadaegh · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology · 2001 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science +17

High Precision Formation Control of Mobile Robots Using Virtual Structures

M. Anthony Lewis, Kar-Han Tan · Autonomous Robots · 1997 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +11

A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers

Jonathan Lawton, Randal W. Beard, Bobbi Young · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 2003 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Autonomous Systems, Robotics Engineering +16

Time-Varying Formation Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Theories and Applications

Xiwang Dong, Bocheng Yu, Zongying Shi et al. · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology · 2014 · 1K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics Engineering +15

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Authors

4.7K

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Fred Y. Hadaegh
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
51 publications · 4.3K citations
26
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Jonathan P. How
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
27 publications · 1.8K citations
21
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Haibin Duan
Beihang University, China
27 publications · 1.3K citations
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SD
Simone D’Amico
Stanford University, United States
29 publications · 1.5K citations
18
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Xiwang Dong
Beihang University, China
18 publications · 3.8K citations
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Institutions

1.1K

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Venues

Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
141 publications · 11.7K citations
56
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Aerospace Science and Technology
AST · 97 publications · 4.9K citations
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Acta Astronautica
110 publications · 4.1K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
41 publications · 2.1K citations
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IEEE Access
35 publications · 1.5K citations
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