Optimal two-impulse rendezvous using multiple-revolution lambert solutions

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-62

  Shen, Haijun ^a   Tsiotras, Panagiotis ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

MULTIPLE REVOLUTION LAMBERT PROBLEM; TWO IMPULSE RENDEZVOUS;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 0037262476     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5014     Document Type: Article

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