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Optimal low thrust orbit correction in curvilinear coordinates
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Space technology,
  • Aeronautical engineering

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Abstract
The minimum-time, constant-thrust transfer between two close, coplanar, quasicircular orbits is studied using a novel non-linear formulation of relative motion in curvilinear coordinates. The Optimal Control Problem in the thrust orientation angle is treated from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, using the direct and indirect methods respectively. The former yields numerical solutions for a wide range of thrust parameters, while a better understanding of the physics is achieved seeking for an approximate solution of the latter. Fundamental changes in the structure of the solution with the thrust parameter are identified.
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JCR
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Title
ASTRODYNAMICS 2015
ISBN
1081-6003
Impact factor JCR
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Volume
Journal number
From page
1941
To page
1958
Month
SIN MES
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Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Dinámica Espacial (SDG-UPM)