Constrained trajectory optimization for lunar landing

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 815-836

  Hawkins, Alisa M ^a,b   Fill, Thomas J ^a,c   Proulx, Ronald J ^a,c,d   Feron, Eric M J ^a,e  

^a AIAA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AAS ^*  (Norway)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; LUNAR PARKING ORBITS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; TRADE SPACE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

LUNAR LANDING;

EID: 34247129576     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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