Simple guidance scheme for low-thrust orbit transfers

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1015-1017

  Kluever, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; POSITION CONTROL;

LOW THRUST ORBIT TRANSFER; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032207980     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4344     Document Type: Article

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