Nonsymmetric Ballastic Range, Height, Time-of-Flight, and Optimal Flight Path Angle Computations with Programs for a Lewlett-Packard 65 Calculator

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to provide the equations and HP-65 programmable calculator programs for computing ballastic range, height, time-of- flight, and particularly the flight path angle which maximizes ballistic ranges for non-symmetric launch and target positions. A no-atmosphere, non-rotating, spherical Earth is assumed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA024547

Entities

People

  • Rex H. Shudde

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Astronautics
  • Atmospheres
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Calculators
  • California
  • Classification
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Equations
  • Flight Paths
  • Instructions
  • Operations Research
  • Orbits
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Linear Algebra
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers