Study of optimal ascent trajectories Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 1994 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. This paper presents a study of optimal launch trajectories that minimize fuel or equivalently maximize payload. A model of the Advanced Launch System (ALS) is used for numerical experiments. The three-degree-of-freedom equations of motion for the ALS are solved by the multiple shooting method to obtain highly accurate solutions. The numerical results are presented as the open-loop optimal controls for the ALS. A sudden jump in the velocity roll angle profile during the second stage of the trajectory is noticed. The optimality of this transition is studied using hodograph analysis.

name of conference

  • Astrodynamics Conference

published proceedings

  • Astrodynamics Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • Park, S., Vadali, S., & Seywald, H.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Park, Sang-Young||Vadali, Srinivas||Seywald, Hans

publication date

  • August 1994