Pseudospectral method based trajectory optimization and fairing rejection time analysis of solid launch vehicle (Q1047425)

Legendre pseudospectral method uses orthogonal polynomials to approximate the state space and control space in an optimal control problem. So, this method converts the infinite-dimension problem to a finite-dimension problem of nonlinear programming. Here the authors apply the pseudospectral method to the trajectory optimization of a small three-stage rocket. Based on the simulation results, rejection time of fairing is analyzed.