Optimal control law for interplanetary trajectories with nonideal solar sail

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 260-265

  Colasurdo, Guido ^a   Casalino, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; KALMAN FILTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRAJECTORIES; VECTORS;

INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037365720     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3941     Document Type: Article

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