Planetary Spacecraft Navigation
Published on 14. September 2018
Book
Hardback
XII, 390 pages
978-3-319-78915-6 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook introduces the theories and practical procedures used in planetary spacecraft navigation. Written by a former member of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) navigation team, it delves into the mathematics behind modern digital navigation programs, as well as the numerous technological resources used by JPL as a key player in the field. In addition, the text offers an analysis of navigation theory application in recent missions, with the goal of showing students the relationship between navigation theory and the real-world orchestration of mission operations.
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Book
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
27
90 farbige Tabellen, 94 s/w Abbildungen, 27 farbige Abbildungen
90 Tables, color; 27 Illustrations, color; 94 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 390 p. 121 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-78915-6 (9783319789156)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-78916-3
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Person
James Miller worked as the assistant Navigation Team Chief on the Viking Mission to Mars in 1976. In 2000, he received the Mechanics and Control of Flight medal from the AIAA for his design of the navigation system for the first orbiting and landing on the asteroid Eros. Further, he designed a trajectory to leave Earth and orbit the Moon with no propulsive maneuvers. This was the first practical solution of the four-body problem, and it has since been used on the missions Hiten, Genesis, and Grail.
Content
Preface.- Chapter 1: Equations of Motion.- Chapter 2: Force Models.- Chapter 3: Trajectory Design.- Chapter 4: Trajectory Optimization.- Chapter 5: Probability and Statistics.- Chapter 6: Orbit Determination.- Chapter 7: Measurement Systems.- Chapter 8: Navigation System.- Chapter 9: Navigation Analysis.- Answers to Exercises.- Index.