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

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.

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