Guidance and control [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert E. Roberson, James S. Farrior

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457198003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Academic Press, 1962
• ISBN: 1-60086-482-1; 1-60086-263-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (686 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and rocketry ; ; v. 8
• Altri autori (Persone): RobersonRobert E; FarriorJames S
• Soggetti: Space vehicles - Guidance systems; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A selection of technical papers based mainly on a Symposium of the American Rocket Society held at Stanford University, Stanford, California August 7-9, 1961."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright""; ""Guidance and Control Committee""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""A. 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 Guidance""; ""B. 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 Velocity""; ""D. 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 Measurements""; ""E. 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 Gyroscope""; ""F. Optical Navigation""; ""Infrared Navigation Sensors for Space Vehicles""; ""Optical Doppler for Space Navigation""; ""Noise Consideration in Designing a Traveling Wave Tube Mixer for Optical Heterodyning""; ""G. Adaptive Systems""; ""Model Reference Adaptive Systems to Improve Reliability""; ""Path-Adaptive Mode for Guiding Space Flight Vehicles""; ""H. 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 Vehicle""; ""Contributors to Volume 8""