A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF YAW STEERING FOR SPACE MISSIONS,

Abstract

By using a simple steering law, the amount of propellant required to steer to a particular plane in space is derived. A statistical formulation of the required characteristic velocity is presented, based on a prior knowledge of the yaw position and yaw velocity errors. From the numerical results for the typical missions given, it is shown that the required characteristic velocity is usually small. It is thus concluded that only a slight propellant saving would be achieved by using other proposed yaw steering laws. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0657769

Entities

People

  • J. M. Baker

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Missions
  • Propellants
  • Space Missions
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Steering

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers