Explicit, near-optimal guidance for power-limited escape from a circular orbit

1996 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-11

  Markopoulos, Nikos ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GRAVITATION; ORBITS;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; CLOSED-LOOP SOLUTION; CONDITIONAL POWER; CONTINUOUS THRUSTS; ESCAPE PROBLEM; FUNCTION OF TIME; NEAR OPTIMALITY; ORBITAL MOTIONS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 84959172005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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