Minimum-time constant acceleration orbit transfer with first-order oblateness effect

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 595-603

  Kechichian, Jean Albert ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Astrodynamics Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VECTORS;

ACCELERATION ORBIT TRANSFER; KEPLER TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATION; MINIMUM TIME PERTURBED ORBIT TRANSFER; MINIMUM TIME THRUST ORBIT TRANSFER; PERTURBATION VECTOR;

ACCELERATION CONTROL;

EID: 0034224439     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4602     Document Type: Article

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