A qualitative study of proportional navigation
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Vol. AES-7 (4) , 637-643
- https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.1971.310406
Abstract
This paper represents a study of the trajectories of an ideal missile homing on a target according to the proportional navigation law. A qualitative study is performed and conditions are determined which enable one to demonstrate that: 1) the missile always reaches the target regardless of the initial conditions at launch; 2) the rotational rate of the line of sight is decreasing at the pursuit end.Keywords
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