Guidance, navigation, and control technology system trades for Mars pinpoint landing

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Steinfeldt, Bradley A ^a,c   Grant, Michael J ^a,c   Matz, Daniel M ^a,c   Braun, Robert D ^a,c   Barton, Gregg H ^b,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^d Mission Design and Analysis Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FUEL OPTIMAL; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION , AND CONTROLS; GUIDANCE ALGORITHM; GUIDANCE LAWS; IN-SITU; INITIATION TIME; NAVIGATION SENSORS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PINPOINT LANDING; PROPELLANT MASS; SAFETY CONCERNS; SURFACE OF MARS;

ALGORITHMS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MECHANICS; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARACHUTES; PROPELLANTS; SITE SELECTION; SPACECRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

LANDING;

EID: 78651274007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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