1st ACT global trajectory optimisation competition: Results found at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 806-815

  Petropoulos, Anastassios E ^a   Kowalkowski, Theresa D ^a   Vavrina, Matthew A ^a   Parcher, Daniel W ^a   Finlayson, Paul A ^a   Whiffen, Gregory J ^a   Sims, Jon A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid deflection; Electric propulsion; Global optimisation; Gravity assist; Low thrust; Trajectory design

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE RESEARCH; TRAJECTORIES;

ASTEROID DEFLECTION; GRAVITY ASSIST; TRAJECTORY DESIGN;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34547194389     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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