Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Design Of The Guidance, Navigation, And Control Subsystem For The Proposed Firebird Spacecraft, Erin Robinson
Design Of The Guidance, Navigation, And Control Subsystem For The Proposed Firebird Spacecraft, Erin Robinson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Firebird spacecraft is a space mission to gather scientific and physical data on the effects of atmospheric deceleration, commonly called aerobraking. The objective of the Firebird mission is to measure specified aerobraking parameters over a range of reentry velocities to provide a database sufficient to construct and validate mathematical models of such aerobraking mission maneuvers. The Firebird senior design team designed the first spacecraft in the mission series to look at aerobraking at an altitude of 160 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. This paper looks specifically at the design of the subsystem that provides the guidance, navigation, …