Near minimum-time trajectories for solar sails

Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 632-634

  Otten, Michiel ^a,b   McInnes, Colin R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EARTH (PLANET); OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

FIXED ATTITUDE STEERING; NEAR MINIMUM TIME TRAJECTORIES; SOLAR SAILING;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 0035333337     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4758     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Optimum solar sail interplanetary trajectories
2. Mainbelt asteroid rendezvous missions using solar electric and solar sail propulsion
3. The attainability of the heavenly bodies with the aid of a solar sail