Steering and control system for automatic terminal guidance in direct-ascent satellite rendezvous, using control of thrust magnitude and direction, is analyzed; for rendezvous with station in 400 nautical mi circular orbit, range of initial velocity and displacement errors which system is able to correct is determined.


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    Title :

    Automatic terminal guidance system for rendezvous with satellite


    Additional title:

    NASA -- Tech Note


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    68 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :