Navigation System Design with Application to the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle and Space Launch Systems

Author

Ted Emerson Oliver

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Koenig, Keith

Committee Member

Olsen, Carrie

Committee Member

Xin, Ming

Date of Degree

5-11-2013

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

For a launch vehicle, the Navigation System is responsible for determining the vehicle state and providing state and state derived information for Guidance and Controls. The accuracy required of the Navigation System by the vehicle is dependent upon the vehicle, vehicle mission, and other consideration, such as impact foot print. NASAs Ares I launch vehicle and SLS are examples of launch vehicles with are/where to employ inertial navigation systems. For an inertial navigation system, the navigation system accuracy is defined by the inertial instrument errors to a degree determined by the method of estimating the initial navigation state. Utilization of GPS aiding greatly reduces the accuracy required in inertial hardware to meet the same accuracy at orbit insertion. For a launch vehicle with lunar bound payload, the navigation accuracy can have large implications on propellant required to correct for state errors during trans-lunar injection.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20563

Comments

NASA||GNandC||SLS||Ares||GPS||INS||inertial navigation||navigation

Recommended Citation

Oliver, Ted Emerson, "Navigation System Design with Application to the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle and Space Launch Systems" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 3271.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3271