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Near Time-Optimal Feedback Instantaneous Impact Point (IIP) Guidance Law for Rocket

Optimization and Control 2017-11-15 v1 Space Physics

Abstract

This paper proposes a feedback guidance law to move the instantaneous impact point (IIP) of a rocket to a desired location. Analytic expressions relating the time derivatives of an IIP with the external acceleration of the rocket are introduced. A near time-optimal feedback-form guidance law to determine the direction of the acceleration for guiding the IIP is developed using the de-rivative expressions. The effectiveness of the proposed guidance law, in comparison with the results of open-loop trajectory optimization, was demonstrated through IIP pointing case studies.

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@article{arxiv.1711.04224,
  title  = {Near Time-Optimal Feedback Instantaneous Impact Point (IIP) Guidance Law for Rocket},
  author = {Byeong-Un Jo and Jaemyung Ahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04224},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Total 22 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Aerospace Science and Technology