Multiple-spacecraft orbit transfer problem: weak-booster and strong-booster cases

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 897-904

  Ocampo, Cesar A ^a,b   Rosborough, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; SPACECRAFT; VECTORS;

PRIMER VECTOR THEORY; TRANSFER TRAJECTORY;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033227609     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4467     Document Type: Article

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