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This article continues our study of spacecraft guidance and control for a soft Moon landing (see our article “Main braking phase for a soft Moon landing as a form of trajectory correction”). Rationale is given for the objectives of the subsequent (final touchdown) phases. Analytical relations for the main parameters are obtained, and the impact of various disturbing factors is estimated. A methodology is proposed for calculating the main parameters for the whole braking sequence from the sighting altitude of the main braking phase termination to braking engine thrust and its throttle range.
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Likhachev, V.N., Sikharulidze, Yu.G., and Fedotov, V.P., The main stage of deceleration for soft landing to lunar surface as a type of trajectory correction, Vestn. FGUP NPO im. S.A. Lavochkina, 2012, no. 5.
Sikharulidze, Yu.G., Ballistika i navedenie letatel’nykh apparatov (Ballistics and Aircrafts Guidance), Moscow: BINOM, 2011.
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Original Russian Text © V.N. Likhachev, Yu.G. Sikharulidze, V.P. Fedotov, 2013, published in Vestnik FGUP NPO imeni S.A. Lavochkina, 2013, No. 1, pp. 3–10.
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Likhachev, V.N., Sikharulidze, Y.G. & Fedotov, V.P. Final touchdown phases and a guidance and control methodology for a soft Moon landing. Sol Syst Res 48, 497–506 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094614070132
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094614070132