Optimal Trajectories of Anti-Satellite Missiles

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  • Mauro Pontani Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale - University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
  • Bruce A. Conway Department of Aerospace Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1685/

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Trajectory optimization##common.commaListSeparator## anti-satellite systems.

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In the last decades a number of countries have shown interest towards anti-satellite systems for strategic military purposes. In general, anti-satellite weapons are employed to intercept and destroy adversary or malfunctioning satellites. This study is concerned with the determination of the optimal, i.e. minimum{time trajectories leading to the in- terception of low Earth satellites by a ground{launched interceptor, which is represented by a two{stage rocket. The target satellite is assumed to be placed in a repeating ground track orbit, so the performance of the anti-satellite interceptor can be evaluated over the period of repetition of the repeating orbit. This paper addresses the additional opti- mization problem of determining the geographical regions where the launch site can be located so that interception can occur in a speci¯ed time. The numerical solutions are derived through the use of a direct optimization method, termed \direct collocation with nonlinear programming". [DOI: 10.1685/CSC09265] About DOI

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2009-08-12

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##issue.vol## 3 (2009)

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