• DocumentCode
    1755359
  • Title

    NASA Computational Case Study: The Flight of Friendship 7

  • Author

    Simpson, David G.

  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    March-April 2013
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    78
  • Abstract
    In this case study, we study a method for computing the position of an Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a function of time. As an exercise, we compute the position of John Glenn´s Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 as it orbited the Earth during the third flight of NASA´s Mercury program.
  • Keywords
    Earth orbit; Mercury (planet); astronomical techniques; space vehicles; Earth-orbiting spacecraft position; Friendship 7; John Glenn Mercury spacecraft; NASA Mercury program; NASA computational case study; computing method; time function; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mathematical model; NASA; Orbits; Scientific computing; Space research; Space vehicles; Time measurement; Friendship 7; Project Mercury; astrodynamics; celestial mechanics; modeling; navigation; root finding; scientific computing; time and coordinate conversions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2013.32
  • Filename
    6478758
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1755359