TY - CONF
T1 - Optimum burn scheduling for low-thrust orbital transfers
AU - Melton, R. G.
AU - Lajoie, K. M.
AU - Woodburn, J. W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Engineering Computer Laboratory of The Pennsylvania State University for their support in conducting this work and in preparing this manuscript.
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© American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 1986. All rights reserved.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - This paper describes a method for optimizing the point at which thrust should be initiated on each passage of a multiple, low-thrust, finite duration perigee burn ascent trajectory. The quantity being minimized is the rotation of the line of apsides. The method is semi-analytic, requiring only a simple root-finding routine for the numerical portion of the solution. A simple perturbation solution is used to model the flight path during the burn, yielding a “burn-on” position with a maximum error of approximately 2%.
AB - This paper describes a method for optimizing the point at which thrust should be initiated on each passage of a multiple, low-thrust, finite duration perigee burn ascent trajectory. The quantity being minimized is the rotation of the line of apsides. The method is semi-analytic, requiring only a simple root-finding routine for the numerical portion of the solution. A simple perturbation solution is used to model the flight path during the burn, yielding a “burn-on” position with a maximum error of approximately 2%.
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T2 - Astrodynamics Conference, 1986
Y2 - 18 August 1986 through 20 August 1986
ER -