SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AEROSPACE REPORTS
A Biweekly Publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
VOLUME 43, ISSUE 26 - DECEMBER 30, 2006
13 ASTRODYNAMICS
Includes powered and free flight trajectories; orbital and launching dynamics.
20050244509 Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA USA
Orbit Selection and EKV Guidance for Space-Based ICBM Intercept
Aydin, Ahmet T.; Sep. 1, 2005; 136 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations Report No.(s): AD-A439839; No Copyright; Avail.: Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Boost-phase intercept of a threat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is the first layer of a multi-layer defense. This thesis investigates the requirements and limitations of the U.S. space-based ICBM defense against North Korea, Iran, and China by introducing an ICBM trajectory prediction, selecting an orbit for exo-atmospheric kill vehicles (EKV), and developing a hybrid guidance algorithm. The prediction of the ICBM trajectory takes the rotation of the earth and the atmospheric drag into account along with gravitational forces and thrust. The threat ICBM locations, specifications, and capabilities of the EKV and EKV carrier, and the capabilities of the space launch vehicle are analyzed to determine an appropriate orbit for the space-based intercept. The pursuit guidance, proportional navigation guidance, and bang-bang guidance rules and their performances are investigated and simulated for three example ICBM threats in a three-dimensional environment. The simulation results are compared and analyzed for minimum miss distance, intercept time, and total command effort. The guidance rules are combined to meet the mission requirements, resulting in a hybrid guidance algorithm, which uses different guidance rules for different stages of a boost-phase intercept scenario. DTIC
Acceleration (Physics); Antimissile Defense; Ballistic Missiles; Interception; Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles; Prediction Analysis Techniques; Trajectories
Source: NASA.
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