Towards digital computer simulation of the dynamics of flexible spacecraft

Software design for digital computer simulation of the dynamics of flexible spacecraft equipped with actuators and sensors, should take into account two properties of the overall system: (i) s.ampled-data control of the spacecraft leads to discontinuous inputs (forcing functions) in the differential equations of motion, thereby requiring...

Three-dimensional flight-path reconstruction by means of spline approximation

In NLR TR 82075 U, a method has been developed to reconstruct the flight-path of a symmetric flight, by representing this path by a set of splines. In the present report, the same method is being applied to a three-dimensional flight over a rotating earth. Preliminary results are comparable in accuracy and computing time to the Kalman (Square...