Near-optimal very low-thrust earth-orbit transfers and guidance schemes

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 529-539

  Gao, Yang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTH (PLANET); OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

LOW THRUST ACCELERATION; ORBITAL ARCS; PIECEWISE CONSTANT YAW STEERING; THRUST TO WEIGHT RATIO;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33947710036     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.24836     Document Type: Article

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