Study of automatic guidance system designed to deliver accurately fixed angle-of-attack re-entry vehicle to preselected landing site as much as 12,000 nautical mi down-range and results of analog and digital closed-loop trajectory simulations; system employs high speed computer to predict intermittently vehicle maneuver capability and to select proper roll angle required to hit desired landing point.
Supercircular re-entry guidance for fixed L/D vehicle employing skip for extreme ranges
Progress Astronautics Aeronautics
1963
31 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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