Planetary Spacecraft Navigation

James Miller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 390 Seiten

2019 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-07678-8 (ISBN)

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This textbook introduces the theories and practical procedures used in planetary spacecraft navigation. Written by a former member of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) navigation team, it delves into the mathematics behind modern digital navigation programs, as well as the numerous technological resources used by JPL as a key player in the field. In addition, the text offers an analysis of navigation theory application in recent missions, with the goal of showing students the relationship between navigation theory and the real-world orchestration of mission operations.

James Miller worked as the assistant Navigation Team Chief on the Viking Mission to Mars in 1976. In 2000, he received the Mechanics and Control of Flight medal from the AIAA for his design of the navigation system for the first orbiting and landing on the asteroid Eros. Further, he designed a trajectory to leave Earth and orbit the Moon with no propulsive maneuvers. This was the first practical solution of the four-body problem, and it has since been used on the missions Hiten, Genesis, and Grail.

Preface.- Chapter 1: Equations of Motion.- Chapter 2: Force Models.- Chapter 3: Trajectory Design.- Chapter 4: Trajectory Optimization.- Chapter 5: Probability and Statistics.- Chapter 6: Orbit Determination.- Chapter 7: Measurement Systems.- Chapter 8: Navigation System.- Chapter 9: Navigation Analysis.- Answers to Exercises.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Space Technology Library
Zusatzinfo	XII, 390 p. 121 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	617 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte	asteroid navigation • comet navigation • Deep space network • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • mathematics behind digital navigation programs • mathematics of space navigation • navigation theory • Orbit Determination • planetary space navigation • spacecraft motion equations • space mission optimization • trajectory design
ISBN-10	3-030-07678-4 / 3030076784
ISBN-13	978-3-030-07678-8 / 9783030076788
Zustand	Neuware