Volume 21, Issue 4 No AccessTouch Points in Optimal Ascent Trajectories with First-Order State Inequality ConstraintsSang-Young Park and Srinivas R. VadaliSang-Young Park Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843Search for more papers by this author and Srinivas R. Vadali Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.4278SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byReport of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues5 October 2004 | Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 76, No. 3Analysis of Junction Conditions in Optimal Aeroassisted Orbital Plane Change Sang-Young Park 23 May 2012 | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 23, No. 1 What's Popular Volume 21, Number 4July 1998 Crossmark TopicsAerodynamic PerformanceAerodynamicsAeronautical EngineeringAeronauticsAerospace EngineeringAerospace SciencesAstrodynamicsAstronauticsBoundary Element MethodComputational Fluid DynamicsFlight DynamicsFluid DynamicsNumerical AnalysisOrbital PropertySpace Orbit KeywordsDynamic PressureTransversality ConditionLagrange MultipliersAerodynamic Force CoefficientsLift CoefficientFlight Path AngleEarthAdvanced Launch SystemHeading AngleAerospace EngineeringPDF Published online23 May 2012