Comparing Performance of Vectorized High Order Expansions and SDRE Method for Vertical Landing Mission of Booster

In this research the main goal is to compare the performance of Vectorized High Order Expansions and SDRE method for vertical landing of booster. To this end, at first a comprehensive study of references related to both Vectorized High Order and SDRE method has been performed. Then, the Vectorized High Order Expansions method and the implementation in optimal control problems has been introduced. After that, the SDRE method has been reviewed briefly, and the landing problem has been solved using both methods. To evaluate the performance, a set of various simulations have been performed for both methods and with respect to different initial deviations. By means of simulation results, the performance of both method is studied with regard to landing point errors. To achieve this, statistical results of terminal state errors have been calculated for both method with respect to different initial deviation to evaluate and compare both method, quality-wise.