Precision distance measuring equipment (DME) aiding onboard inertial navigation can be used to meet the stringent landing navigation requirements of the Space Shuttle. The required accuracy is achieved by using a ten-state-variable Kalman filter to process the measured range and delta-range data from the DME. The DME transponders are required to meet the accuracy requirements: two are deployed under the final approach path and one is deployed to the side. Failure considerations require deployment of additional redundant transponders. Initialization of the landing navigation after hypersonic entry is accomplished using the transponders at the airport.


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    Title :

    Space Shuttle landing navigation using precision distance measuring equipment.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Institute of Navigation, Annual Meeting, 28th, U.S. Military Academy ; 1972 ; West Point, NY


    Publication date :

    1972-06-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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