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Aerocapture Guidance Algorithm Development and Testing

@inproceedings{Masciarelli2007AerocaptureGA,
  title={Aerocapture Guidance Algorithm Development and Testing},
  author={James P. Masciarelli},
  year={2007}
}
An analytic predictor corrector guidance algorithm has been developed and tested for aerocapture at se veral destinations in our solar system, and proposed for demon stration through an Earth based flight test. This paper gives an overview of the guidance algorithm and results of simulation tests at Earth, Mars, Titan, Neptune, and Venus. 
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