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Automatic control in aerospace : selected papers from the IFAC symposium, Tsukuba, Japan, 17-21 July 1989 /

The papers presented at the Symposium covered the areas in aerospace technology where automatic control plays a vital role. These included navigation and guidance, space robotics, flight management systems and satellite orbital control systems. The information provided reflects the recent developmen...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology; International Federation of Automatic Control
Group Author: Nishimura, T. Toshimitsu, 1930 (Editor)
Published: Published for the International Federation of Automatic Control by Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, England :
Publication Dates: 1990.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: IFAC symposia series ; 1990, no. 6
Subjects:
Airplanes > Control systems > Congresses
Space vehicles > Control systems > Congresses
Airplanes > Control systems
Space vehicles > Control systems
Raumfahrt
Regelungstechnik
Kongress
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering General
Conference papers and proceedings
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080370279
Summary: The papers presented at the Symposium covered the areas in aerospace technology where automatic control plays a vital role. These included navigation and guidance, space robotics, flight management systems and satellite orbital control systems. The information provided reflects the recent developments and technical advances in the application of automatic control in space technology.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9781483298986
1483298981
Index Number: TL3250
CLC: V249.1-532
Contents: Front Cover; Automatic Control in Aerospace; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PART I: PLENARY SESSION; Chapter 1. NASDA's Long-range Plan and Automatic Control; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; 3. SPACE UTILIZATION SYSTEM; 4. DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF MANNED SPACE ACTIVITIES; 5. DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE MOON AND PLANETS; 6. CONCLUSIONS; 7. REFERENCES; Chapter 2. The NASA Telerobotics Research Program ; INTRODUCTION; APPLICATIONS OF SPACE TELEROBOTICS; NASA's SUPPORTING RESEARCH PROGRAM; CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS; GLOSSARY.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTREFERENCES; PART II: NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND POINTING SYSTEMS; Chapter 3. Dynamic Evaluation for the DRTS User Spacecrafts' Antenna Pointing System ; INTRODUCTION; ANTENNA POINTING SYSTEM; ACTUATOR MODELING; DYNAMIC TEST; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Control Design of an Antenna Pointing Control System with Large On-board Reflectors; NOMENCLATURE; INTRODUCTION; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; DYNAMICS; CONTROL DESIGN; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.
Chapter 5. The Theoretical and Experimental Validation of the GPS-INS-STAR Hybrid Navigation System Concept INTRODUCTION; SYSTEM DESCRIPTION; DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENT AND ITS RESULTS; DISCUSSIONS BY THEORETICAL APPROACH; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Kalman Filter Based Range Estimation for Autonomous Navigation using imaging sensors; 1 Introduction; 2 Image Geometry; 3 Optical Flow Computation; 4 Recursive Range Estimation; 5 Numerical Results; 6 Summary; References; Chapter 7. A Star Pattern Recognition Algorithm for Autonomous Attitude Determination; INTRODUCTION.
PREVIOUS RELATED RESULTSRECOGNITION ALGORITHM; SUCCESS RATE OF RECOGNITION ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FAST; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. New Concept for Autonomous Rendezvous Approach Navigation and Guidance System using Only Target Image Information; INTRODUCTION; SYSTEM DESCRIPTION; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; OBSERVABILITY ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION SIMULATION; VISUAL SENSOR IMPLEMENTATION; APPROACH SOE AND GUIDANCE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; PART III: SATELLITE ATTITUDE AND ORBITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS I.
Chapter 9. Attitude Control System for Engineering Test Satellite-VI1. Introduction; 2. Spacecraft Configuration; 3. Requirements; 4. Attitude Control System Configuration; 5. Attitude Control Design; 6. Simulation Results; 7. Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCE; Chapter 10. Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem for MOS-1; INTRODUCTION; OUTLINE OF THE AOCS; REGULATOR DESIGN; FLIGHT EXPERIENCE; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem for ERS-1 and its Subsystem Test; INTRODUCTION; THRUSTER CONTROL; NORMAL MODE CONTROL; SUBSYSTEM TEST.

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