Fuel-optimal orbital transfers for variable specific impulse powered spacecraft

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 114 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 347-364

  Seywald, Hans ^a   Roithmayr, Carlos M ^b   Troutman, Patrick A ^b  

^a ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL THRUSTERS; MAGNETIC NOZZLES;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; MAGNETOPLASMA; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; VECTORS; FUEL SYSTEMS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THRUST BEARINGS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SPACECRAFT; ORBITAL TRANSFER;

EID: 1542330046     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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