Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for powered descent guidance
- Patent Title (中): 用于动力下降指导的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12639874Application Date: 2009-12-16
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Publication No.: US08489260B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Behcet Acikmese , James C. L. Blackmore , Daniel P. Scharf
- Applicant: Behcet Acikmese , James C. L. Blackmore , Daniel P. Scharf
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/36
- IPC: B64G1/36 ; B64G1/24 ; G05D1/06 ; G05D1/08 ; G06F19/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for landing a spacecraft having thrusters with non-convex constraints is described. The method first computes a solution to a minimum error landing problem for a convexified constraints, then applies that solution to a minimum fuel landing problem for convexified constraints. The result is a solution that is a minimum error and minimum fuel solution that is also a feasible solution to the analogous system with non-convex thruster constraints.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100228409A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWERED DESCENT GUIDANCE Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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