Analysis of optimal descent trajectories for minimum retro-system weight for unmanned lunar vehicle is presented emphasizing physics of optimization procedure; effects of nonvertical trajectories and thrust attitude angles are considered; detailed method of handling optimization procedure for machine computation is given.
Descent trajectory optimization for soft lunar landings
Aerospace Eng
Aerospace Engineering ; 21 , n 4
1962
10 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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