3405 New Guidance Method on Aerodynamic Ascent Path

On the ascent path of the vehicles like spaceplanes, the optimal steering shows the different behavior from that of conventional rockets. This is because both thrust and lift force varies depending on the change of the atmospheric dynamic pressure. This indicates that it is required the new guidance strategy for these kind of vehicles. In this paper, we propose a new guidance strategy which has only four parameters to be determined. This method is derived from some analytical assumptions and approximates the steering in simple linear and logarithmic function. Only by carrying out the numerical integration of this, the parameters are easily determined to satisfy the terminal boundary conditions.