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LIST OF FREQUENTLY USED SYMBOLS<br />

acceleration magnitude (of thrust)<br />

sernimajor axis of target orbit<br />

eccentricity<br />

eccentric anomaly<br />

force or control vector<br />

fundamental matrix<br />

transition matrix<br />

angular momentum<br />

Hamiltonian<br />

switching function<br />

mass<br />

mean anomaly<br />

mean motion<br />

semilatus rectum<br />

co-state variable<br />

unit vectors centered at target vehicle describing an inertial<br />

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radius vector from attracting body to rendezvous vehicle<br />

radius vector from attracting body to target vehicle<br />

components of cylindrical coordinate system centered at target<br />

vehicle<br />

time<br />

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