Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) : Best Practices for Human-Rated Spacecraft Systems

Author:: Lebsock, Ken
Published:: February 26, 2008.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: West, John

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In 2007 the NESC completed an in-depth assessment to identify, define and document engineering considerations for the Design Development Test and Evaluation (DDT&E) of human-rated spacecraft systems. This study had been requested by the Astronaut Office at JSC to help them to better understand what is required to ensure safe, robust, and reliable human-rated spacecraft systems. The 22 GN&C engineering Best Practices described in this paper are a condensed version of what appears in the NESC Technical Report. These Best Practices cover a broad range from fundamental system architectural considerations to more specific aspects (e.g., stability margin recommendations) of GN&C system design and development. 15 of the Best Practices address the early phases of a GN&C System development project and the remaining 7 deal with the later phases. Some of these Best Practices will cross-over between both phases. We recognize that this set of GN&C Best Practices will not be universally applicable to all projects and mission applications.

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Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.

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Document ID: 20080040876.
Fifth Annual NASA Project Management Challenge 2008; 26 - 27 Feb. 2008; Daytona Beach, Florida; United States.

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