Atmospheric guidance concepts for an aeroassist flight experiment
Abstract
Three atmospheric guidance concepts proposed for an aeroassist flight experiment are presented. The flight experiment will simulate a return from geosynchronous orbit by an aeroassisted orbital transfer vehicle and is proposed to be flown on board the Space Shuttle in 1992. The three guidance concepts include an analytic predictor/corrector, a numeric predictor/corrector, and an energy controller. The algorithms for the three guidance methods are developed and performance results are presented for the nominal case and for several cases dispersed from the nominal conditions.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
- Pub Date:
- June 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988JAnSc..36...45G
- Keywords:
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- Aeroassist;
- Aerospace Planes;
- Earth Orbital Environments;
- Reentry Vehicles;
- Spacecraft Guidance;
- Control Stability;
- Lateral Control;
- Predictor-Corrector Methods;
- Astrodynamics