Low-thrust trajectory optimization procedure for gravity-assist, outer-planet missions

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Woo, Byoungsam ^a,c,d   Coverstone, Victoria L ^a,c,d   Cupples, Michael ^b,e  

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

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GRAVITATION; OPTIMIZATION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OUTER-PLANET MISSIONS; SOLAR-ELECTRIC-PROPULSION;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 33644785926     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14665     Document Type: Article

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