Modeling Aero-assist Flight Mechanics with MATLAB

Numerically integrate the flight path equations of motion of an aero-assist vehicle.

PDF document and MATLAB script called demo_aeroassist that can be used to numerically integrate the flight path equations of motion of an aero-assist vehicle. The endo-atmospheric motion of the vehicle is modeled with respect to a spherical, rotating Earth. This MATLAB script provides both numerical and graphical information about the flight mechanics of the aero-assist vehicle during the pass through the Earth’s atmosphere.