A PRACTICAL FIELD WIND COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE FOR UNGUIDED ROCKETS

Abstract

An accurate and rapid wind compensation technique for the field determination of launcher settings for unguided rockets is presented. The method was tested with a five-degree-of-freedom trajectory simulation program using several observed wind profiles. The results of five computer tests for an Aerobee 150 show that the maximum theoretical impact miss was 3.8 statute miles when the theoretical impact displacement was 147.4 statute miles. In three tests for an Athena (two-stage), the maximum theoretical impact miss was 5.4 statute miles when the theoretical impact displacement due to the wind was 141.8 statute miles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680177

Entities

People

  • Gordon L. Dunaway

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • High Altitude
  • Launchers
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • Refractive Index
  • Research Facilities
  • Rocket Trajectories
  • Simulations
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.