Q-Law Aided Direct Trajectory Optimization of Many-Revolution Low-Thrust Transfers

Authors :: Jackson Shannon
Martin T. Ozimek
Christine Hartzell
Justin A. Atchison
Source :: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 57:672-682
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2020.
Abstract: Low-thrust spacecraft trajectory optimization for the many-revolution orbital transfer problem is especially challenging due to the high problem dimension and perturbing accelerations that prevent ...

Subjects :: Propellant
Geostationary transfer orbit
Spacecraft
Computer science
business.industry
Aerospace Engineering
Thrust
Trajectory optimization
Nonlinear programming
Dimension (vector space)
Space and Planetary Science
Physics::Space Physics
Mathematics::Metric Geometry
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Orbital maneuver
Aerospace engineering
business

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