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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"midcourse"”.
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Interplanetary midcourse guidance analysis
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1963.
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Optimal and on-board near-optimal midcourse guidance
Optimal midcourse guidance is examined for an air-to-air missile featuring boost-coast-sustain propulsion. A vertical plane, point-mass model is studied with load factor as a control variable. Time-range-energy optimal trajectories are computed, open-loop, via the usual necessary conditions and a …
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New Optimal-Control-Based Techniques for Midcourse Guidance of Gun-Launched Guided Projectiles
The following is an exploration into the optimal guidance and control of gun-launched guided projectiles. Unlike their early counterparts, modern-day gun-launched projectiles are capable of considerable accuracy. This ability is enabled through the use of control surfaces, such as fins or wings, …
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Optimal and near-optimal medium range air-to-air missile guidance against maneuvering targets
… A new method of gain evaluation is detailed. A midcourse guidance scheme with neighboring guidance, transversal comparisons, and chasing center-of-attainability of target to augment performance is studied. Modifications in terminal guidance using proportional navigation, such as chasing the …
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Results of true-anomaly regularization in orbital mechanics
… of the orbital transfer angle, and a simple midcourse guidance scheme is rederived in terms of universal variables valid for all non-rectilinear transfer orbits.
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Ballistic Missile Defense: A History and Reevaluation of Missile Defense in the United States
Attempts by the United States to develop and deploy ballistic missile defense are nothing new. Under the context of Mutually Assured Destruction and the Cold War, a "limited” missile defense was proposed. Given technological and political shortfalls, the deployment of a "limited” missile defense …