Charts for Determining the Characteristics of Ballistic Trajectories in a Vacuum

Deane N. Morris

ResearchPublished 1964

A summary of information on trajectories of ballistic vehicles traveling in a vacuum about a nonrotating, spherical earth. Graphs permit determining important parameters connected with these trajectories, including range, time of flight, apogee altitude, terminal velocity, and terminal flight-path angle as functions of conditions at burnout. Charts give values of velocity, flight-path angle, time, and range along the trajectory for burnout altitudes from 400,000 to 1,000,000 feet, burnout velocities from 2500 ft/ sec to escape velocity, and burnout flight-path angles between -30 and 90 deg. A summary of information on trajectories of ballistic vehicles traveling in a vacuum about a nonrotating, spherical earth. Graphs permit determining important parameters connected with these trajectories, including range, time of flight, apogee altitude, terminal velocity, and terminal flight-path angle as functions of conditions at burnout. Charts give values of velocity, flight-path angle, time, and range along the trajectory for burnout altitudes from 400,000 to 1,000,000 feet, burnout velocities from 2500 ft/ sec to escape velocity, and burnout flight-path angles between -30 and 90 deg. (See also RM-3475.)

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  • Year: 1964
  • Pages: 84
  • Document Number: RM-3752-PR

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Morris, Deane N., Charts for Determining the Characteristics of Ballistic Trajectories in a Vacuum. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3752.html.
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