Large Divert Computational Guidance for Exoatmospheric Vehicles

초록

We consider the optimal guidance problems for exoatmospheric vehicles with large divert maneuvers. The large divert impact angle guidance problem was formulated as a nonconvex optimization problem with constraints on the angles between the control vectors and the line-of-sight vectors, and the problem was efficiently solved via first-order methods. A series of numerical simulations against high-speed targets shows that the proposed approach can be successful for a wider range of engagement scenarios compared to the classical impact angle guidance solutions.