THE EFFECT OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEODETIC UNCERTAINTIES AT LAUNCH AREA ON BALLISTIC MISSILE IMPACT ACCURACY

Abstract

The effects of uncertainties in the geophysical and geodetic parameters releated to the establishment of ballistic missile launch sites on the impact accuracy of the ballistic missile are derived analytically. Curves of the derived impact miss coefficients are presented for radio- and inertially-guided missiles for ranges of 500 to 21,000 nautical miles and burnout angles of 5 to 90 degrees from the vertical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1964
Accession Number
AD0433163

Entities

People

  • R. G. Gore

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Guidance
  • Guided Missiles
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Nautical
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Trajectories
  • Uncertainty
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.