Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Propulsive guidance for atmospheric skip entry trajectories
- Patent Title (中): 大气跳跃轨迹的推进指导
-
Application No.: US12732892Application Date: 2010-03-26
-
Publication No.: US08489258B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Stephen C. Paschall, II , Garrett O. Teahan
- Applicant: Stephen C. Paschall, II , Garrett O. Teahan
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Goodwin Procter LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; G05D1/04

Abstract:
The invention set forth herein describes propulsive guidance methods and apparatus for controlling and shaping an atmospheric skip reentry trajectory for a space vehicle. Embodiments of the invention may utilize a powered explicit guidance algorithm to provide a closed-loop control method for controlling a space vehicle during a skip reentry maneuver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100250031A1 PROPULSIVE GUIDANCE FOR ATMOSPHERIC SKIP ENTRY TRAJECTORIES Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
Information query