Title:
Improving Lunar Return Entry Footprints Using Enhanced Skip Trajectory Guidance
Improving Lunar Return Entry Footprints Using Enhanced Skip Trajectory Guidance
| dc.contributor.author | Putnam, Zachary R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Braun, Robert D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bairstow, S. H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barton, G. H. | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-05-31T21:55:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-05-31T21:55:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-09 | |
| dc.description | AIAA Space 2006 Conference September 2006, San Jose, CA. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The impending development of NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) will require a new entry guidance algorithm that provides sufficient performance to meet all requirements. This study examined the effects on entry footprints of enhancing the skip trajectory entry guidance used in the Apollo program. The skip trajectory entry guidance was modified to include a numerical predictor-corrector phase during atmospheric skip portion of the entry trajectory. Four degree-of-freedom simulation was used to determine the footprint of the entry vehicle for the baseline Apollo entry guidance and predictor-corrector enhanced guidance with both high and low lofting at several lunar return entry conditions. The results show that the predictor-corrector guidance modification significantly improves the entry footprint of the CEV for the lunar return mission. The performance provided by the enhanced algorithm is likely to meet the entry range requirements for the CEV. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14695 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.publisher.original | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | SSDL ; AIAA 2006-7438 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Earth entry systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Entry trajectory | en_US |
| dc.subject | Footprints | en_US |
| dc.subject | Skip trajectory guidance | en_US |
| dc.title | Improving Lunar Return Entry Footprints Using Enhanced Skip Trajectory Guidance | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering | |
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