The evolution of guidance and control systems for United States planetary and unmanned lunar spacecraft over the last 20 years is traced. The characteristics of the guidance and control systems used on spacecraft from the Range lunar impactor to the planned Galileo Jupiter orbiter and entry probe are surveyed, with attention given to the uses of three-axis stabilized, spin-stabilized and dual-spin designs. System performance trends that have evolved to meet the increasing science and mission requirements of the spacecraft are considered in the areas of attitude references, control consumables, dynamics and system modeling, thrust vector control, optical navigation, manuever turns, maneuver velocity control, instrument pointing, and antenna pointing. Hardware trends in optical sensors, inertial sensors, processing electronics, electromechanical devices, and system testing and reliability are also reviewed. The achievements represented by these advances are emphasized, and it is predicted that future developments will be in the areas of increased control system autonomy and performance requirements.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Pointing and control for planetary spacecraft - The first twenty years


    Beteiligte:
    Pace, G. D. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Annual Rocky Mountain Conference ; 1980 ; Keystone, CO


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1980


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    Pointing and control of planetary spacecraft - The next 20 years

    Mcglinchey, L. F. / Rose, R. E. | NTRS | 1979


    Pointing and control of planetary spacecraft - The next 20 years

    Mcglinchey, L. F. / Rose, R. E. | NTRS | 1979



    Spacecraft pointing and position control

    NATO, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development | TIBKAT | 1981