Mystic: Implementation of the static dynamic optimal control algorithm for high-fidelity, low-thrust trajectory design

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1804-1815

  Whiffen, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Navigation and Mission Design Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELLMAN'S PRINCIPAL; LOW-THRUST SPACECRAFTS; MYSTIC SOFTWARE; PLANETOCENTRIC;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 33845991122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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