LAUNCH WINDOWS FOR HIGHLY ECCENTRIC ORBITS
Launch windows for highly eccentric satellite orbits
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Launch windows for highly eccentric satellite orbits
Obtention of a launch window, as a function of allowable performance loss, for placing a saturn v in a circular orbit in a prespecified space-fixed plane
Orbital elements necessary for minimum lifetime of a satellite with highly eccentric orbit are graphically specified by construction of a launch window map
Orbital elements necessary for minimum lifetime of satellite with highly eccentric orbit are graphically specified by construction of launch window map
Dielectric window development for spacecraft antennas - reinforced plastics and ceramics
A method of implementing Saturn V lunar missions from an earth parking orbit is presented. The ground launch window is assumed continuous over a four and one-half hour period. The iterative guidance scheme combined with a set of auxiliary equations that define suitable S-IVB cutoff conditions, is the approach taken. The four inputs to the equations that define cutoff conditions are represented as simple third-degree polynomials as a function of ignition time. Errors at lunar arrival caused by the separate and combined effects of the guidance equations, cutoff conditions, hypersurface errors, and input representations are shown. Vehicle performance variations and parking orbit injection errors are included as perturbations. Appendix I explains how aim vectors were computed for the cutoff equations. Appendix II presents all guidance equations and related implementation procedures. Appendix III gives the derivation of the auxiliary cutoff equations. No error at lunar arrival was large enough to require a midcourse correction greater than one meter per second assuming a transfer time of three days and the midcourse correction occurs five hours after injection. Since this result is insignificant when compared to expected hardware errors, the implementation procedures presented are adequate to define cutoff conditions for Saturn V lunar missions.
Simulated space radiation environment effects on Apollo spacecraft window materials
X-ray diffraction profiles from beryllium window sample cups
Dielectric windows for spacecraft antennas - screening tests of reinforced plastics
Saturn/Centaur launch windows for orbits synchronous with lunar period
Computer programs for determining EGO launch window to satisfy spacecraft imposed restraints
Data showing effect of executing dogleg maneuver on Surveyor direct-ascent launch window lengths and instantaneous impact point earth traces
Gemini left-hand window effects on experiments requiring accuracy in sighting or resolution
Pressure - time computations of sonic boom shock wave acting on window glass and walls of building
Acoustical and vibrational phenomena related to sonic boom induced damage to glass window installation
Earth departure plane change, interplanetary mission launches and launch windows
Launch window characteristics of Jupiter opportunities using Atlas Centaur launch vehicle
Digital computer simulation of orbital launch window problem for departure-trajectory analyses