Title :
Interplanetary navigation overview
Author :
Cangahuala, L. Alberto
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Reviews the major fundamental tasks (measurement acquisition, trajectory estimation and trajectory control) needed to navigate spacecraft from Earth to other bodies in our solar system. It is an interdisciplinary process, made possible with contributions from physicists, mathematicians, electrical engineers, and computer scientists, to name a few. Although the example covered today was an interplanetary mission, the navigation tasks are similar for Earth-orbiting vehicles as well
Keywords :
aerospace control; navigation; position control; space vehicles; measurement acquisition; spacecraft navigation; trajectory control; trajectory estimation; Aircraft navigation; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mars; Planets; Propulsion; Solar system; Space vehicles; Sun; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE/EIA International
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5838-4
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2000.887425
