N-impulse orbit transfer using genetic algorithms

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Abdelkhalik, Ossama ^a,c   Mortari, Daniele ^b,d  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering   (United States)

^d HR Bright Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATELLITES;

ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; LAMBERT'S PROBLEMS; ORBIT TRANSFER; THRUST IMPULSES;

ORBITS;

EID: 34248364856     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.24701     Document Type: Article

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