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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254817703321

Autore

Hallock Harold L

Titolo

ACS Without an Attitude [[electronic resource] /] / by Harold L. Hallock, Gary Welter, David G. Simpson, Christopher Rouff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

1-4471-7325-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 279 p. 54 illus.)

Collana

NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering, , 1860-0131

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Special purpose computers

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Software engineering

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Software Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Attitude Conventions & Definitions -- General Orbit Background -- Angular Momentum and Torque -- Attitude Measurement Sensors -- Attitude Actuators -- Reference Models -- Onboard Attitude Determination -- Spacecraft State Estimation more Broadly -- Onboard Orbit Computations -- Control Laws: General Qualities -- Control Laws: Attitude Applications -- Mission Characteristics -- Appendix A: Time Measurement Systems -- Appendix B:Variation on Deriving the Kalman Gain -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book de-emphasizes the formal mathematical description of spacecraft on-board attitude and orbit applications in favor of a more qualitative, concept-oriented presentation of these topics. The information presented in this book was originally given as a set of lectures in 1999 and 2000 instigated by a NASA Flight Software Branch Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center. The Branch Chief later suggested this book. It provides an approachable insight into the area and is not intended as an essential reference work. ACS Without an Attitude is intended for programmers and testers new to the field who are seeking



a commonsense understanding of the subject matter they are coding and testing in the hope that they will reduce their risk of introducing or missing the key software bug that causes an abrupt termination in their spacecraft’s mission. In addition, the book will provide managers and others working with spacecraft with a basic understanding of this subject.