NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19770005169: Space shuttle navigation analysis

by: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Publication date: 1976-09-10

Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COVARIANCE, ORBITAL MANEUVERS, SPACE NAVIGATION, SPACE SHUTTLES, ERROR ANALYSIS, FLIGHT TESTS, PRELAUNCH TESTS, SPACECRAFT LANDING, Jones, H. L., Luders, G., Matchett, G. A., Sciabarrasi, J. E.,

Collection: NASA_NTRS_Archive; additional_collections

Language: English

A detailed analysis of space shuttle navigation for each of the major mission phases is presented. A covariance analysis program for prelaunch IMU calibration and alignment for the orbital flight tests (OFT) is described, and a partial error budget is presented. The ascent, orbital operations and deorbit maneuver study considered GPS-aided inertial navigation in the Phase III GPS (1984+) time frame. The entry and landing study evaluated navigation performance for the OFT baseline system. Detailed error budgets and sensitivity analyses are provided for both the ascent and entry studies.