The NASA Langley Research Center, in cooperation with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, participated in a preliminary design study of the Entry, Descent and Landing phase for the Mars Smart Lander Project. This concept utilizes advances in Guidance, Navigation and Control technology to significantly reduce uncertainty in the vehicle landed location on the Mars surface. A candidate entry vehicle controller based on the Reaction Control System controller for the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module digital autopilot is proposed for use in the entry vehicle attitude control. A slight modification to the phase plane controller is used to reduce jet-firing chattering while maintaining good control response for the Martian entry probe application. The controller performance is demonstrated in a six-degree-of-freedom simulation with representative aerodynamics.


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    Title :

    Entry Vehicle Control System Design for the Mars Smart Lander


    Contributors:
    P. C. Calhoun (author) / E. M. Queen (author)

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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