Rapid generation of accurate entry landing footprints

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 756-767

  Lu, Ping ^a,c   Xue, Songbai ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c 2271 Howe Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; TRAJECTORIES;

BANK ANGLE CONTROLS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LANDING FOOTPRINTS; NEAR-OPTIMAL CONTROL; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM GLIDES; TRAJECTORY CONSTRAINTS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT;

LANDING;

EID: 77953784587     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.46833     Document Type: Article

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