TY - JOUR
T1 - FuelOptimal Trajectories of Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer with Plane Change
AU - Naidu, D. S.
PY - 1991/3
Y1 - 1991/3
N2 - The fueloptimal control problem arising in noncoplanar orbital transfer employing aeroassist technology is addressed. The mission involves the transfer from high Earth orbit to low Earth orbit with plane change. The complete maneuver consists of a deorbit impulse to inject a vehicle from a circular orbit to elliptic orbit for the atmospheric entry, a boost impulse at the exit from the atmosphere for the vehicle to attain a desired orbital altitude and finally a reorbit impulse to circularize the path of the vehicle. In order to minimize the total fuel consumption, a performance index is chosen as the sum of the deorbit, boost, and reorbit impulses. Application of optimization principles leads us to a nonlinear, two-point, boundary value problem, which is solved by using a multiple shooting method.
AB - The fueloptimal control problem arising in noncoplanar orbital transfer employing aeroassist technology is addressed. The mission involves the transfer from high Earth orbit to low Earth orbit with plane change. The complete maneuver consists of a deorbit impulse to inject a vehicle from a circular orbit to elliptic orbit for the atmospheric entry, a boost impulse at the exit from the atmosphere for the vehicle to attain a desired orbital altitude and finally a reorbit impulse to circularize the path of the vehicle. In order to minimize the total fuel consumption, a performance index is chosen as the sum of the deorbit, boost, and reorbit impulses. Application of optimization principles leads us to a nonlinear, two-point, boundary value problem, which is solved by using a multiple shooting method.
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U2 - 10.1109/7.78310
DO - 10.1109/7.78310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026103126
SN - 0018-9251
VL - 27
SP - 361
EP - 369
JO - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
JF - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
IS - 2
ER -