The configuration of the Space Shuttle System Automatic Landing Capability (autoland) is presented, and the operational issues in the development of the autoland system are discussed. Special attention is given to the autoland system capability, the system requirements, the guidance trajectory, and the energy control elements. The issues surfaced in the Orbital Flight Test program and the changes made in the autoland system during the 1985 to 1989 period are examined.
Shuttle autoland status summary
1992-03-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Shuttle autoland status summary
AIAA | 1992
|NTRS | 1982
|Shuttle Autoland Support Program
NTIS | 1976
Shuttle autoland support program
NTRS | 1976
AIAA | 1982
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