Optimal soft landing control for moon lander

This paper considers the soft landing problem of a moon lander. The main purpose is to design the optimal control law to ensure the soft landing of the lander with the least fuel consumption. It is formulated as a constrained optimal control problem, where specific requirements of this soft landing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liu, X., Duan, G., Teo, Kok Lay
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8805