Entry guidance and trajectory control for reusable launch vehicle

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Lu, Ping ^a,b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Aerosp Eng Eng Mechanics ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIONICS; DRAG; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TRAJECTORIES;

REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV); TRAJECTORY CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030816867     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4008     Document Type: Article

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