Optimal interplanetary rendezvous combining electric sail and high thrust propulsion system

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 68, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 603-621

  Quarta, Alessandro A ^a   Mengali, Giovanni ^a   Janhunen, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electric sail; Hybrid propulsion system; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT SIMULATORS; PROPULSION; SOLAR SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL THRUSTER; CONTINUOUS THRUSTS; ELECTRIC SAIL; HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 78650793167     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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