Volume 39, Issue 3 No AccessOptimized Solutions for Kistler K-1 Branching Trajectories Using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization TechniquesLaura A. Ledsinger and John R. OldsLaura A. Ledsinger Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0150Search for more papers by this author and John R. Olds Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0150Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.3825SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byUncertainty Analysis for Return Trajectory of Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing Reusable Launch VehicleMathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol. 2020A Target Cascading Method Using Model Based Simulation in Early Stage of Vehicle Development2 April 2019Enhanced Collaborative Optimization Using Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers27 April 2018 | Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 58, No. 4Quantitative Assessment of Multidisciplinary Design Models for Expendable Launch VehiclesFrancesco Castellini, Michèle R. Lavagna, Annalisa Riccardi and Christof Büskens11 February 2014 | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 1New multidisciplinary design optimization approaches for launch vehicle design17 September 2012 | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 227, No. 10Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: A Survey of ArchitecturesJoaquim R. R. A. Martins and Andrew B. Lambe20 August 2013 | AIAA Journal, Vol. 51, No. 9Stagewise Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Formulation for Optimal Design of Expendable Launch Vehicles Mathieu Balesdent , Nicolas Bérend and Philippe Dépincé 28 August 2012 | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 49, No. 4A survey of multidisciplinary design optimization methods in launch vehicle design27 September 2011 | Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 45, No. 5Optimal Design of Expendable Launch Vehicles using Stage-Wise MDO FormulationMathieu Balesdent, Nicolas Bérend and Philippe Dépincé26 June 2012Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Multi-Stage Launch Vehicle using Flight Phases Decomposition28 February 2012 | International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Vol. 4, No. 3-4Strategies for Integrating Models of Interdependent Subsystems of Complex System-Of-Systems Products What's Popular Volume 39, Number 3May 2002 Crossmark TopicsControl TheoryFeedback ControlGuidance and Navigational AlgorithmsGuidance, Navigation, and Control SystemsLaunch VehiclesOptimal Control TheorySatellitesSpace Launch SystemsSpace ShuttleSpace SystemsSpace Systems and VehiclesSpacecrafts KeywordsMDOReusable Launch VehicleTrajectory OptimizationFeedforwardSpace Shuttle BoostersSpace OperationsAir ForcesPropellantInertial Upper StageAerodynamic ForcePDF Published online23 May 2012