Drag-based predictive tracking guidance for Mars precision landing

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 620-628

  Tu, Kuang Yang ^a   Munir, Mohammad S ^a   Mease, Kenneth D ^a   Bayard, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LIFT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

DRAG BASED PREDICTIVE TRACKING GUIDANCE; MACH NUMBER; MARS EXPLORATION MISSIONS; MARS PRECISION LANDING;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034230186     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4607     Document Type: Article

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