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Quarles, J. D.

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Earth orbit rendezvous evaluation program

Study program written in FORTRAN 4 developes an oribital rendezvous guidance scheme for large, constant thrust launch vehicles. It concentrates on /1/ an investigation of the direct extension of the present Saturn Iterative Guidance Mode /IGM/ scheme and /2/ a scheme formulated in a reference frame moving with the target satellite.

Bennett, A. G.