Research Article

Optimal Midcourse Guidance Algorithm for Exoatmospheric Interception Using Analytical Gradients

Table 4

Comparisons of the computation time.

Computation time (ms)Group 1Group 2Group 3
Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 1Case 2Case 3

Zarchan’s method4.467.867.038.146.874.1810.0410.509.45
-iteration2.784.014.073.375.831.864.136.817.20
Active set32.4226.8612.5022.6016.5917.4818.1012.3715.86
Proposed method0.0900.0780.0670.0900.1030.1160.0780.0890.090