Optimal bounded low-thrust rendezvous with fixed terminal-approach direction

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 378-385

  Guelman, M ^a   Aleshin, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HAMILTONIANS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; VELOCITY;

CLOHESSY-WILTSHIRE EQUATIONS; FIXED TERMINAL APPROACH DIRECTION; RELATIVE LINEARIZED EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035279123     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4722     Document Type: Article

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