Controller performance improvements for reentry through Earth's atmosphere for low L/D spacecraft /

Development of space-based industry created on the International Space Station is limited by reentry through Earth's atmosphere. The Lyapunov method is applied to improve reentry controller performance through Earth's atmosphere. A Predictor Corrector controller (PCCPA) derived from the...

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Main Author:	Kline, Eric Michael
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2001.
Subjects:	Major aerospace engineering.
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