Apollo-Class Targeting and Guidance for Lunar Powered Descent and Precision Landing

著者名：Azimov, Dilmurat M./Bishop, Robert H.

Springer（2025/10/31発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9783031910876
• eISBN：9783031910883

Description

This book explores the reconstruction, extension, and enhancement of the Apollo targeting and guidance algorithms, integrating original guidance concepts with new analytical solutions. It details the Apollo ground-based and on-board algorithms, their iterative targeting procedures, and their performance in post-flight mission reconstructions. The book further introduces advanced real-time targeting methods that improve landing accuracy and autonomy, supporting future robotic and human lunar landing missions. By eliminating iterative computations, these solutions enable real-time re-targeting during powered descent, ensuring safer and more precise landings. This work bridges past Apollo-era methods with modern advancements, making it essential for undergraduate and graduate students, aerospace engineers, researchers, and mission designers.

Table of Contents

Reconstruction of Apollo Ground-based Targeting and On-board Guidance for Powered Descent.- Introduction.- Apollo Descent and Landing Maneuver.- Apollo Lunar Descent and Landing Guidance.- Mathematical Preliminaries.- Approach-Phase Ground-based Targeting.- Braking-Phase Targeting.- P63 Ignition Algorithm.- P63-64 Powered Descent Guidance.- P66 Lunar-landing Guidance.- Simulations and Comparison Analyses.- Integrated Apollo-Class Real-Time Targeting and Guidance for Powered Descent.- Extension and Enhancement of Apollo Guidance.- Optimal Control Problem and Extremals.- Extension of Braking-phase Targeting.- Simulations of Braking Phase using Analytical Solutions.- Real-time Targeting and Re-targeting.- Landing Accuracy.- Conclusions.