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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2017.45.9.775

Spacecraft Rendezvous Considering Orbital Energy and Wait Time  

Oghim, Snyoll (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University)
Leeghim, Henzeh (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.45, no.9, 2017 , pp. 775-783 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, an impulsive rendezvous problem by using minimum energy of spacecraft in different orbits is addressed. In particular, the orbits considered in this paper are the general orbits including the elliptic orbit, while most of the orbits considered in the literature have been restricted within co-planar or circular orbits. The constraints for solving this optimization problem are the Kepler's equation formulated with the universal variable, and the final position and velocity of two spacecraft. Also, the Lagrange coefficients, sometimes called as f and g solution, are used to describe the orbit transfer. The proposed method technique is demonstrated through numerical simulation by considering the minimum energy, and both the minimum energy and the wait time, respectively. Finally, it is also verified by comparing with the Hohmann transfer known as the minimum energy trajectory. Although a closed-form solution cannot be obtained, it shows that the suggested technique can provide a new insight to solve various orbital transfer problems.
Keywords
Spacecraft Rendezvous; Minimum Energy; Wait Time; Non-coplanar; Conic Orbit;
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