Automatic Control in Aerospace 1989 : Selected Papers From the IFAC Symposium, Tsukuba, Japan, 17-21 July 1989

The papers presented at the Symposium covered the areas in aerospace technology where automatic control plays a vital role. These included navigation and guidance, space robotics, flight management systems and satellite orbital control systems. The information provided reflects the recent developments and technical advances in the application of automatic control in space technology. Content: IFAC SYMPOSIA SERIES, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL IN AEROSPACE, Page v NASDA'S LONG-RANGE PLAN AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL, Pages 1-16, M. Nagatomo THE NASA TELEROBOTICS RESEARCH PROGRAM, Pages 17-25, R. Rhoads Stephenson DYNAMIC EVALUATION FOR THE DRTS USER SPACECRAFTS' ANTENNA POINTING SYSTEM, Pages 27-32, H. Hashimoto, S. Motohashi, O. Kawamoto, Y. Shimamoto CONTROL DESIGN OF AN ANTENNA POINTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LARGE ON-BOARD REFLECTORS, Pages 33-37, Y. Kawakami, H. Hojo, M. Ueba THE THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF THE GPS-INS-STAR HYBRID NAVIGATION SYSTEM CONCEPT, Pages 39-44, M. Harigae, T. Tanabe KALMAN FILTER BASED RANGE ESTIMATION FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION USING IMAGING SENSORS, Pages 45-50, B. Sridhar, V.H.L. Cheng, A.V. Phatak A STAR PATTERN RECOGNITION ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION, Pages 51-58, R.W.H. van Bezooijen NEW CONCEPT FOR ATUONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS APPROACH NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM USING ONLY TARGET IMAGE INFORMATION, Pages 59-64, M. Ikeuchi, T. Tanabe ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING TEST SATELLITE-VI, Pages 65-73, T. Kitahara, S. Ichikawa, Y. Kawada, H. Kishimoto, M. Mine, H. Soga, T. Toriumi, Y. Yamaguchi, T. Tanamachi ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL SUBSYSTEM FOR MOS-1, Pages 75-80, T. Matsueda, T. Shimoda, K. Okada, T. Yamaguchi, H. Kato ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL SUBSYSTEM FOR ERS-1 AND ITS SUBSYSTEM TEST, Pages 81-86, T. Suzuki, A. Nakashima, K. Yasuda, N. Natori THE ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL SUBSYSTEM OF THE EUTELSAT II SPACECRAFT, Pages 87-109, H. Bittner, H.D. Fischer, J.-L. Froeliger, K. Miltenberger, H. Popp, F. Porte, M. Surauer AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF A MARS ROVER, Pages 111-114, D.P. Miller, D.J. Atkinson, B.H. Wilcox, A.H. Mishkin SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR A SPACE ROBOT USING 6 AXIS SERVOS, Pages 115-120, H. Shimoji, M. Inoue, K. Tsuchiya, K. Ninomiya, I. Nakatani, J. Kawaguchi THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON IN-ORBIT CAPTURE OPERATION WITH SATELLITE MOUNTED MANIPULATOR, Pages 121-126, Y. Umetani, K. Yoshida SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF SPACE MANIPULATORS BEARING COMPLEX PAYLOADS, Pages 127-132, P. Carton, J.P. Chrétien, M. Maurette EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NONLINEAR ESTIMATOR IN THE CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE JOINT MANIPULATORS, Pages 133-140, M.G. Hollars, R.H. Cannon Jr. A REVIEW OF SPACE GUIDANCE AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT, Pages 141-145, D.B. DeBra, J. Rodden NONINTERACTING CONTROL OF DYNAMICALLY TUNED DRY GYRO AND ITS APPLICATION TO MEASUREMENT OF TWO-AXIS ANGULAR ACCELERATIONS, Pages 147-152, H. Shingu, M. Otsuki CONTROLLER DESIGNS OF A GUST LOAD ALLEVIATION SYSTEM FOR AN ELASTIC RECTANGULAR WING, Pages 153-158, A. Fujimori, H. Ohta, P.N. Nikiforuk STUDY ON INTEGRATED COCKPIT DISPLAY USING FLIGHT SIMULATOR, Pages 159-164, R. Seo, T. Watanabe, M. Hirose, A. Fujiwara, K. Koike, T. Yamamoto, C. Sakamoto ROBUST CONTROL FOR LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES: SPILLOVER SUPPRESSION BY FREQUENCY-SHAPED OPTIMAL REGULATOR, Pages 165-170, T. Kida, M. Ikeda ACTIVE STABILIZATION OF A LARGE FLEXIBLE ANTENNA FEED SUPPORT STRUCTURE, Pages 171-176, M.S. Elbuni, M. Higashiguchi THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENT TO STUDY THE CONTROLS/STRUCTURES INTERACTION PROBLEM IN LARGE OPTICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 177-184, J.-N. Aubrun, K.R. Lorell CONTROL OF AN ORBITING PLATFORM SUPPORTED TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM, Pages 185-190, P.K. Lakshmanan, V.J. Modi, A.K. Misra HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION FOR TR-I ROCKET ROLL CONTROL SYSTEM, Pages 191-196, J. Kouchiyama, Y. Funo, S. Ogawa, T. Fujiwara, M. Nishida, K. Hasegawa ROBUST TECHNIQUES APPLICATION FOR ATTITUDE CONTROL OF A LAUNCHER DURING ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT, Pages 197-201, N. Imbert, M. Gauvrit, A. Piquereau OPTIMAL THRUSTER CONFIGURATIONS FOR THE GP-B SPACECRAFT, Pages 203-208, P. Wiktor, J.-H. Chen, D. DeBra INTEGRATED FLIGHT/PROPULSION CONTROL: REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUES, Pages 209-214, S.M. Rock THE CASSINI TITAN PROBE'S ADAPTIVE DESCENT CONTROL, Pages 215-222, K. Schilling, H. Lehra A CONTINUOUS PROPORTIONAL LOW-THRUST PROPULSION SYSTEM, Pages 223-229, J.-H. Chen, J. Bull, D.B. DeBra A NOVEL DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM AND ITS APPLICATION TO OPTIMAL LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY GENERATION FOR SPACE MISSION, Pages 231-236, T. Hanaoka THE HYBRID ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE, Pages 237-242, S. Ichikawa, Y. Kawada, M. Mine, H. Soga, M. Harigae GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF MINIATURE SATELLITES, Pages 243-248, R. Fleeter, R. Warner AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES, Pages 249-254, S. Kampen NOVEL CONCEPT FOR AUTONOMOUS CONTROLLER DESIGN SYSTEM UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING APPLIED TO SATELLITE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN PROBLEM, Pages 255-260, S. Nakasuka, T. Tanabe NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE OF THE H-11 ORBITING PLANE, Pages 261-266, T. Izumi, T. Sato, S. Tanaka, Y. Takizawa, T. Kimura NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEM OF SPACE FLYER UNIT, Pages 267-272, T. Nishimura, M. Kawachi, T. Yamaguchi, M. Sato, K. Tsukahara DESIGN OF THE HERMES ORBITAL FLIGHT CONTROLLER, Pages 273-281, E. Gottzein, K. Janschek, W. Oesterlin, J. Colrat AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 283-284 KEYWORD INDEX, Pages 285-286 SYMPOSIA VOLUMES, Page 287 WORKSHOP VOLUMES, Page 288 Selected papers from the IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Symposium held in Tsukuba, Japan, July 1989, are arranged by topic into sections addressing navigation, attitude determination and pointing systems; satellite attitude and orbital control systems; space robotics and manipu