Optimal low-thrust transfers between coplanar orbits with small eccentricities.

Autor: Silva Fernandes, Sandro, Chagas Carvalho, Francisco, Moraes, Rodolpho
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Zdroj: Computational & Applied Mathematics; Oct2016, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p803-816, 14p
Abstrakt: In this paper, a first-order analytical solution, which includes the short periodic terms, for the problem of optimal time-fixed low-thrust limited-power transfers (no rendezvous), in an inverse-square force field, between coplanar orbits with small eccentricities is obtained through canonical transformation theory. Short periodic terms are eliminated from the maximum Hamiltonian, expressed in non-singular orbital elements, through an infinitesimal canonical transformation built through the Hori method. Closed-form analytical solutions are obtained for the average canonical system by solving the Hamilton-Jacobi equation through the separation of variables technique. For long duration maneuvers, the existence of conjugate points is investigated through the Jacobi condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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