RADIO/OPTICAL/STRAP DOWN INERTIAL GUIDANCE STUDY FOR ADVANCED KICK STAGE APPLICATIONS VOLUMEⅢ, STATE-OF –THE –ART SURVEYS

摘要

Research Center, Contract NAS 12-141.nThe broad objectives of this study were to:n• Establish the guidance requirements forna selected group of future NASA unmanned 6pace missions.n• Investigate possible guidance concepts based on the appropriate use of radio, strapdown inertial, and optical tech¬niques, with the further objective of establishing the proper functional role, the capabilities, limitations, and con¬straints of each of these elements in the overall guidance system concept.n• Define feasible radio/optical/ strapdown inertial guidance system design concepts and equipment configurations.n• Perform analyses to establish the feasi¬bility (performance) of the selected design concepts.n• Indicate areas of technology where state-of-the-art advances are necessary.