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- Offers an in-depth look into the resources and technologies used at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, including the Deep Space Network
- Explains the mathematical reasoning behind navigation computer programs
- Examines the success and failure of real-world navigation theory application in previous space missions
Part of the book series: Space Technology Library (SPTL, volume 37)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
Authors and Affiliations
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Porter Ranch, USA
James Miller
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Planetary Spacecraft Navigation
Authors: James Miller
Series Title: Space Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78916-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78915-6Published: 14 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07678-8Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78916-3Published: 03 September 2018
Series ISSN: 0924-4263
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8896
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 390
Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Mathematical Applications in Computer Science