Mechanics of trajectory optimization using nonsingular variational equations in polar coordinates

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 812-818

  Kechichian, Jean Albert ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

NONSINGULAR EQUINOCTIAL ORBIT ELEMENTS;

ORBITAL TRANSFER;

EID: 0031187365     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4117     Document Type: Article

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