FOREWORD    vii

PREFACE    ix

SECTION I: ADVANCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL    1

Enabling Technology for NASA’s Europa Orbiter Mission (AAS 01-001), Edward H. Konefat, Edward C. Litty, Scott K. Voigt and David S. Wright    3

A LEO Satellite Navigation Algorithm Based on GPS and Magnetometer Data (AAS 01-002), Julie Deutschmann, Itzhack Bar-Itzhack and Rick Harman    25

System to Attain Accurate Pointing Knowledge of the Geoscience Laser Altimeter (AAS 01-003), J. Marcos Sirota, Pamela Millar, Eleanor Ketchum, Bob E. Schutz and Sungkoo Bae    39

Lost-in-Space Pyramid Algorithm for Robust Star Pattern Recognition (AAS 01-004), Daniele Mortari, John L. Junkins and Malak A. Samaan    49

Ascent Load Management Using Wind Look-Ahead Sensors (AAS 01-005), Fred Boelitz and Chris Gibson    69

Geostationary GPS Based Navigation Using Pseudorange Fractional Part Measurements (AAS 01-006), Mark Hartrampf, Eveline Gottzein and Walter Fichter    85

Dynamic Hysteresis Model Application to Stiction Type Problems (AAS 01-007), P. R. Dahl    95

Attitude Determination for the STEX Spacecraft Using Virtual Gyros (AAS 01-008), Chris Voth, Louis K. Herman, Craig M. Heatwole and Girard M. Manke    113

SECTION II:  AUTONOMOUS AND REMOTELY PILOTED TERRESTRIAL LANDING    133

Testing the Primary X-33 Navigation System (AAS 01-011), Jim Lomas, Dan Mitchell, Todd Freestone, Charles Lee and Craig Lessman    135

X-33 Entry Flight Control Design by Trajectory Linerization: A Singular Perturbation Approach (AAS 01-012), J. Jim Zhu, A. Scottedward Hodel, Kerry Funston and Charles E. Hall    151

X-34 Auto-Landing Guidance, Navigation and Control (AAS 01-013), Michael Ruth, Jaime Fernandez and Chisholm Tracy    171

New Methodologies for Assessing the Robustness of the X-34 Autolanding Trajectories (AAS 01-014), Gregg H. Barton    193

RADX34: A Future-X Deomonstration of Autonomous Robust Abort Technologies on the X-34 (AAS 01-015), Edward C. Aron, Gregg H. Barton and Matthew S. Bottkol    215

X-38 Application of Dynamic Inversion Flight Control (AAS 01-016), Roger Wacker, Dale Enns, Daniel Bugajski, Steve Munday and Scott Merkle    233

The X-40A as a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technology Demonstrator and Validation Tool (AAS 01-017), Viet H. Nguyen, Michael J. Zyss, G. Pierre Bayle, David Childers, Vincent L. Wong, Maj. N. Titus, Maj. Pat Thom and Maj. (ret.) Dale Shell    251

Design Challenges for Small Reusable Space Vehicles: The X-37 Experience (AAS 01-018), Eric K. Fujii    277

SECTION III: LANDING ON PLANETARY BODIES    283

Mars Exploration Rover Entry, Descent, and Landing System (AAS 01-021), Prasun N. Desai and Wayne J. Lee    285

Deep Impact: 19 Gigajoules Can Make Quite an Impression (AAS 01-022), Thomas Bank, William Frazier, William Blume, Daniel Kubitschek, George Null, Nick Mastrodemos and Stephen Synnott    295

Entry System Design Considerations for Mars Landers (AAS 01-023), Mary Kae Lockwood, Richard W. Powell, Claude A. Graves and Gilbert L. Carman    311

Derivation of Hazard Sensing and Avoidance Maneuver Requirements for Planetary Landers (AAS 01-024), Timothy D. Halbrook, Jim D. Chapel and Joseph J. Witte    347

Rocket Sled Testing of a Prototype Terrain-Relative Navigation System (AAS 01-026), Eli David Skulsky, Andrew Edie Johnson, Jeff Umland, Curtis Padgett, Bill Martin, Stacy Weinstein, Mark Wallace, Adam Steltzner and Sam Thurman    365

SECTION IV: GUIDANCE AND CONTROL STORYBOARD DISPLAYS    381

The GyrowheelTM Development and Flight Qualification Program (AAS 01-031), George Tyc, Derry Spring, Bruce Taylor, Douglas Staley and Michael Vinnins    383

Noise in Digital Simulations (Abridged) (AAS 01-033), Dave Sonnabend    395

Development of the HRG Based Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit for Long-Life Moderate and Precision Pointing Spacecraft (AAS 01-034), Gregory M. Johnson, Andrew S. Lefley and Patrick A. Toole    405

LN100S – Common Optical Payload and Bus Gyro Reference Assembly (AAS 01-035), Charles Lennon and Tim Richmond    425

Fuse Reaction Wheel Torque Anomaly Resolution (AAS 01-037), Bill Bialke and George Dorsey    441

Star Tracker/IRU Attitude Determination Filters (AAS 01-039), Charles W. Gray    459

Design of Radiation Tolerant Active Pixels in 0.35 mm CMOS Standard Process (AAS 01-051) El-Sayed Eid, Tony Y. Chan, Eric R. Fossum, Richard H. Tsai, Robert Spagnuolo and John Deily    477

SECTION V: OPTICAL CONTROL    487

Common Path/Common Mode Design Approach for the Airborne Laser System (AAS 01-062), Kenneth W. Billman and Paul L. Shattuck    489

Survey of Terrestrial Planet Finder Telescope Options (AAS 01-064), Timothy L. Howard and Jerry W. Bukley    497

Modern Control Design of Thin Facesheet Adaptive Optics (AAS 01-065), David W. Miller and Simon C. O. Grocott    515

In-Flight Calibration of an Airborne Wavefront Control Subsystem (AAS 01-066), Harold Schall, Andy Myers, David Weight, Ken Billman and Sal Cusumano    535

Strategies for Fast Target Acquisition Handoffs (AAS 01-067), Robert D. Sobek and Charles L. Malone    541

Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing of a Dynamic Target Using Compensated Beacons (AAS 01-068), Lawrence “Robbie” Robertson, Carey Johnson, Charles Tipton and David Jordan    555

SECTION VI: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL    573

Sirius Satellite Design: The Challenges of the Tundra Orbit in Commercial Spacecraft Design (AAS 01-071), Lee Barker and Jeffrey Stoen    575

NEAR Shoemaker: Major Anomaly Survival, Delayed Rendezvous and Mission Success (AAS 01-072), T. E. Strikwerda, J. C. Ray, D. R. Haley and D. J. O’Shaughnessy    597

Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A Rendezvous Operations (AAS 01-073), S. Lee, S. Anandakrishnan, C. Connor, E. Moy, D. Smith, M. Myslinski, L. Markley and A. Vernacchio    615

The Failures of the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander: A Perspective from the People Involved (AAS 01-074), Edward A. Euler, Steven D. Jolly and H. H. ‘Lad’ Curtis    635

Trajectory Design and Control for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Re-Entry (AAS 01-075), Susan Hoge and Frank J. Vaughn, Jr.    657

XMM-Newton: In-Orbit Performance of the AOCS (AAS 01-076), A. Elfving and V. Pagni    669

On-Orbit ACDS Performance of the Landsat 7 Spacecraft (AAS 01-077), Phillip Sabelhaus, Joseph Bolek, Steve Scott, Eric Holmes, James R. O’Donnell, Jr. and James Storey    685

APPENDICES    697

Publications of the American Astronautical Society    698

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences    699
Science and Technology Series    706
AAS History Series    713

INDEX    715

Numerical Index    717

Author Index    720