The requirements of a unified optimal guidance scheme are discussed, giving attention to a general formulation, aspects of self-targeting, problems of optimum guidance within the atmosphere, and a unified concept for all flight phases. Since no previous guidance scheme meets these requirements, the shuttle demands a fundamentally new approach. A new unified optimal guidance scheme, called Mascot, was developed. The capabilities of Mascot include the real-time solution of general trajectory-optimization problems and the unification of guidance for all flight phases.
Shuttle ascent guidance and control.
1972-02-01
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The Space Shuttle ascent guidance and control
AIAA | 1982
|Space Shuttle Ascent Guidance, Navigation, and Control
NTRS | 1979
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