Guidance law for the Ariane on-board computer.
Abstract
Ariane, a European Satellite Launch vehicle, will be controlled by a small on-board digital computer with navigation data from an inertial platform. This paper describes the computer program to be used, in particular the guidance law, and the reasons for choosing that form of guidance. The methods of testing the program are described, and a typical trajectory is given.
- Publication:
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
- Pub Date:
- June 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976JBIS...29..402W
- Keywords:
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- Airborne/Spaceborne Computers;
- Computer Programs;
- European Space Programs;
- Launch Vehicles;
- Spacecraft Guidance;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Automatic Pilots;
- Computer Systems Design;
- Digital Computers;
- Inertial Platforms;
- Onboard Equipment;
- Satellite Navigation Systems;
- Space Vehicle Checkout Program;
- Trajectory Control;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking