Application of a novel optimal control algorithm to low-thrust trajectory optimization

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 108 II, Issue , 2001, Pages 1525-1540

  Whiffen, Gregory J ^a   Sims, Jon A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAJECTORIES;

LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY; MULTI-BODY FORCE MODEL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SNOPT; STATIC DYNAMIC CONTROL;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0035733582     PISSN: 10816003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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