An Emergency Midcourse Navigation Procedure for a Space Vehicle Returning from the Moon
Title | An Emergency Midcourse Navigation Procedure for a Space Vehicle Returning from the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | C. Dewey Havill |
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Pages | 40 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Artificial satellites |
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NASA Technical Note
Title | NASA Technical Note PDF eBook |
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Pages | 454 |
Release | 1971 |
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Midcourse and Approach Guidance Requirements for Simplified Onboard Control of Moon-to-earth Trajectories
Title | Midcourse and Approach Guidance Requirements for Simplified Onboard Control of Moon-to-earth Trajectories PDF eBook |
Author | Harold A. Hamer |
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Pages | 68 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Inertial navigation (Aeronautics) |
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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Title | Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1330 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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NASA Scientific and Technical Reports
Title | NASA Scientific and Technical Reports PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Division |
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Pages | 260 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Superintendent of Documents |
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Pages | 1304 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Preliminary Determination of Spacecraft Trajectories Using On-board Optical Measurements
Title | Preliminary Determination of Spacecraft Trajectories Using On-board Optical Measurements PDF eBook |
Author | John D. McLean |
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Pages | 100 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Optical measurements |
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This report cicals with the problcm of determining the trajectory of a spacecraft from on-board optical measurents without a priori information. Only sufficient information to determine the trajectory is used, and it is assumed that this preliminary estimate will be improved later by the use of differential corrections and redundant data. Five basic types of measurements, representing instruments considered feasible or within the state of the art, are considered. The effects of random and bias type measurement errors and interpolation errors arising from nonsimultaneous measurements are analyzed. Only observations of the central body and two stars are considered. Within certain limitations all five types of measurements will give satisfactory results. Two important factors discussed in the report are the proper choice of stars and the calibration for eliminating bias errors.