Optimal trajectories and mirror properties for round-trip Mars missions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 655-668

  Miele, A ^a   Wang, T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LOW MARS ORBIT (LMO); ROUND-TRIP SPACE MISSIONS; SEQUENTIAL GRADIENT-RESTORATION ALGORITHM;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0033351243     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00117-4     Document Type: Article

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