Peaceful Uses of Automation in Outer Space: Proceedings of the First IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in the Peaceful Uses of Space, held June 21–24, 1965, in Stavanger, Norway

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Panel Discussion on “The Problems of Control of the Space Flight in the Future”....Pages 3-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Thrust Programming in a Central Gravitational Field....Pages 15-32
Piloted Guidance and Control of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle....Pages 33-50
Experience with the Applications of Radio Command Guidance to Satellite Launch Vehicles....Pages 51-60
Optimal Correction Program for Motion in a Gravitational Field Under Restricted Power....Pages 61-69
Optimization of Midcourse Velocity Corrections....Pages 70-84
Optimization of Spacecraft Flight Control....Pages 85-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Guidance and Control of the Mariner Planetary Spacecraft....Pages 97-108
The Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Attitude Control System....Pages 109-131
Control of the Syncom Communication Satellite....Pages 132-140
Use of Single-Axis Orientation for Artificial Earth Satellites....Pages 141-151
Fine Solar Alignment System for Operation in Stabilised Vehicles....Pages 152-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
On One Class of Systems for Controlling the Orientation of Artificial Earth Satellites....Pages 163-175
Investigation of Earth Satellites with Magnetic Attitude Stabilization....Pages 176-210
Spin Control for Earth Satellites....Pages 211-218
Attitude Control for the TIROS Weather Satellites....Pages 219-233
The Status of Passive-Gravity-Gradient Stabilization....Pages 234-248
Gravity-Gradient Stabilization of Earth Satellites....Pages 249-267
Some Problems of Optimum Three-Dimensional Attitude Control of Spacecraft....Pages 268-276
Asymptotically Stable Rotational Motions of a Satellite....Pages 277-286
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Fuel and Energy Minimization in Three Dimensional Attitude Control of an Orbiting Satellite....Pages 287-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Control and Guidance Research at NASA....Pages 301-311
Special Computer for Simplified High Performance Ground Antenna Steering....Pages 312-317
On the System Design of Low-Cost Ground Stations for Satellite Communications....Pages 318-335
How to Determine Space Vehicle Orbits Using Automated Measuring Gear....Pages 336-338
On Systematic Errors in Trajectory Determination Problems....Pages 339-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Tracking the Partially Illuminated Earth or Moon....Pages 355-371
Thermal Noise of Measuring Instruments and Limiting Precision of Spaceship Autonomous Control System....Pages 372-380
Infrared Horizon Sensors for Attitude Determination....Pages 381-397
Organization of Computation and Control in the Apollo Guidance Computer....Pages 398-408
Computer Programming for Control of Space Vehicles....Pages 409-414
Automatic Startup for Nuclear Reactor Rocket Engines....Pages 415-421
Apollo Spacecraft Control Systems....Pages 422-434
Apollo Spacecraft Guidance System....Pages 435-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Guidance and Control in Supercircular Atmosphere Entry....Pages 467-478
The Motion of Spacecraft in the Atmosphere....Pages 479-489
Certain Nonlinear Laws in the Control of a Winged Glide Vehicle in Transition from a Circular Orbit to a Takeoff and Landing Strip....Pages 490-498
Surveyor Terminal Guidance....Pages 499-514
Low Power Signal Transformation for Space Applications....Pages 515-525
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Review Paper on the Research Completed at the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR on the Theory of Optimal Control Functions of Spacecraft....Pages 529-540
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Prediction Display, a Way of Easing Man’s Job in Integrating Control System....Pages 541-549
Rendezvous Problem of Space Vehicle with Orbital Station....Pages 550-555
Predicting Space-Craft Trajectories Under Discrete Control....Pages 556-566
On the Theory of Perturbational Optimal Guidance of Space Vehicles....Pages 567-570
Classification of Artificial Earth Satellite Orbital Orientation Systems....Pages 571-576
Symposium Closing Remarks....Pages 577-577