Near-optimal low-thrust Earth-Mars trajectories via a genetic algorithm

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1027-1031

  Wall, Bradley ^a,b   Conway, Bruce A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT; VECTORS;

EARTH-MARS TRAJECTORIES; HELIOCENTRIC FLIGHTS; LOW MARTIAL ORBIT; PLANETARY ORBITS;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 26244441557     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11891     Document Type: Article

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