Development Of A Decision Algorithm For Range Safety During Missile Flight Test

The paper deals with development of an algorithm to help the missile test Range Safety Officer (RSO) in deciding the continuation of the flight vehicle trial based on the estimated impact point of the vehicle. It deals with development of a flight vehicle simulation model with the provision of introducing various types of failures that affect the vehicle trajectory. With the estimated trajectory computed, a decision algorithm has been developed to warn the RSO of any potential range violation by the vehicle as well as to indicate the time left for giving the `Destroy' command to the vehicle before it goes out of range.