Low-thrust interplanetary mission design using differential inclusion

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Hargens, Jennifer J ^a   Coverstone, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ORBITS; PROPULSION;

DIFFERENTIAL CONSTRAINTS; DIFFERENTIAL INCLUSIONS; HIGHER ORDER DERIVATIVES; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; INTERPLANETARY MISSION; LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY; ORBITAL ELEMENT; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 85087594377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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