Moving-mass roll control system for fixed-trim re-entry vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Petsopoulos, Thomas ^a,c   Regan, Frank J ^a,c   Barlow, Jewel ^b,c  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMATIC PILOTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REENTRY; STATE SPACE METHODS; TRAJECTORIES;

AERODYNAMIC CROSS COUPLING; MOVING MASS ROLL CONTROL SYSTEM; REENTRY VEHICLES;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0029679046     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.55707     Document Type: Article

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