Research Article

Steepest-Ascent Revisited: Unconstrained Missile Trajectory

Table 1

Boundary conditions.

StateFixed initialRequired terminal

Down range(km)10.0From 45.0 to 130.0
Altitude(km)11.000.0
Flight path angle(deg)45.0āˆ’80.0
Time(sec)00.0Free
Velocity(m/sec)1000Free, pay-off