Application of the SDC optimal control algorithm to low-thrust escape and capture trajectory optimization

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 112 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1361-1382

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

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAJECTORIES;

CAPTURE TRAJECTORY; MULTI-BODY FORCE MODEL; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; STATIC DYNAMIC CONTROL;

SPACECRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036919605     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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