Guidance and Control
Published on 2. December 2012
686 pages
978-0-323-14343-1 (ISBN)
Description
Guidance and Control focuses on space guidance models and behavior control techniques needed in space missions. Divided into eight parts with 30 chapters, the book contains the literature of authors who have conducted extensive research on factors affecting space missions. The concerns include ascent from Earth to an orbit requiring navigation as well as descent to Earth or the moon; the system aspects of inertial navigation; and developments in modern control theory and attitude control. The text looks at experiments on the launch of space missions and the different mathematical techniques used to measure the movement of a variable-mass vehicle. The selection also notes the processes and techniques involved in keeping satellites in compatible orbits; the influence of calculus of perturbations as applied to lunar mission analysis; and tracking of space vehicles through satellites and radar. The book also presents guidance systems for soft lunar landing and the longitudinal control of a lifting vehicle entering a planetary atmosphere. Other concerns include the application of sideband folding techniques to navigation satellite system; Damping an inertial navigation system; and application of multiple inertial system in navigation. The text ends by highlighting the use of gyroscopes in space navigation and infrared navigation sensors in space vehicles and how solar radiation affects pressure on satellite attitude control. The book is valuable for readers interested in studying the factors involved in space missions.
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Guidance and Control CommitteePrefaceA. Ascent Launch-on-Time Analysis for Space Missions Application of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle in Determining the Optimum Control of a Variable-Mass Vehicle Optimalizing Techniques for Injection GuidanceB. Space Operations Station Keeping of Satellites in Rendezvous Compatible Orbits Injection Guidance Accuracy as Applied to Lunar and Interplanetary Missions Techniques for Error Analysis of Trajectories Calculus of Perturbations Applied to Lunar Mission Analysis Precision Tracking of Space Vehicles C. Descent Terminal Guidance System for Soft Lunar Landing Longitudinal Range Control for a Lifting Vehicle Entering a Planetary Atmosphere Automatic Re-Entry Guidance at Escape VelocityD. Inertial Navigation Application of Sideband Folding Techniques to the Navigation Satellite System Damping an Inertial Navigation System Multiple Inertial System Operation in Long Term Navigation Fundamental Limitations on Inertial MeasurementsE. Inertial Components The King Inertial Navigation Gyro Design Features of the G8 Two Degree of Freedom Floated Gyroscope Miniature Integrating Gyro Design Principles of the Electric Vacuum GyroscopeF. Optical Navigation Infrared Navigation Sensors for Space Vehicles Optical Doppler for Space Navigation Noise Consideration in Designing a Traveling Wave Tube Mixer for Optical HeterodyningG. Adaptive Systems Model Reference Adaptive Systems to Improve Reliability Path-Adaptive Mode for Guiding Space Flight VehiclesH. Attitude Control Effects of Solar Radiation Pressure on Satellite Attitude Control Momentum Vector Considerations in Wheel-Jet Satellite Control System Design Limit Cycles in Reaction Jet Attitude Control Systems Subject to External Torques Attitude Control System Using Logically Controlled Pulses Generalized Two-Impulse Scheme for Reorienting a Spin Stabilized VehicleContributors to Volume 8
