Advanced Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle Guidance

Ronald Harris and Roy Setterlund

Abstract:	This paper presents error budgets for GPS aided inertial systems for two bounding maneuvering reentry vehicle trajectories; a near-ballistic, minimum-maneuvering trajectory and a long glide trajectory. A problem unique to reentry applications is plasma generated as the vehicle passes through the atmosphere. The effects on L-band signals of plasma generated during reentry have not been quantified to the authors’ knowledge and hence they are treated pammetrically. Some thoughts about GPS receiver design are also presented.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993) June 21 - 23, 1993 Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge, MA
Pages:	537 - 542
Cite this article:	Harris, Ronald, Setterlund, Roy, "Advanced Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle Guidance," Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993), Cambridge, MA, June 1993, pp. 537-542.
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