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FOREWORD
This report was prepared under contract NAS 8-11495 and is one of a series
intended to illustrate analytical methods used in the fields of Guidance,
Flight Mechanics, and Trajectory Optimization. Derivations, mechanizations
and recommended procedures are given. Below is a complete list of the reports
in the series.
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Volume V
Volume VI
Volume VII
Volume VIII
Volume IX
Volume X
Volume XI
Volume XII
Volume XIII
Volume XIV
Volume XV
Volume XVI
Volume XVII
Coordinate Systems and Time Measure
Observation Theory and Sensors
The Two Body Problem
The Calculus of Variations and Modern
Applications
State Determination and/or Estimation
The N-Body Problem and Special Perturbation
Techniques
The Pontryagin Maximum Principle
Boost Guidance Equations
General Perturbations Theory
Dynamic Prograrmning
Guidance Equations for Orbital Operations
Relative Motion, Guidance Equations for
Terminal Rendezvous
Numerical Optimization Methods
Entry Guidance Equations
Application of Optimization Techniques
Mission Constraints and Trajectory Interfaces
Guidance System Performance Analysis
The work was conducted under the direction of C. D. Baker, J. W. Winch,
and D. P. Chandler, Aero-Astro Dynamics Laboratory, George C. Marshall Space
Flight Center., The North American program was conducted under the direction
of H. A. McCarty and G. E. Townsend.
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