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Optimal cooperative power-limited rendezvous between neighboring circular orbitsA minimum-fuel rendezvous of two power-limited spacecraft is investigated. Both vehicles are active and provide thrust to complete the rendezvous. Total propellant consumption is minimized. Analytical solutions are obtained for cooperative rendezvous in the linearized Hill-Clohessy-Wiltshire gravity field. The optimal solutions depend in a complicated way on the power-to-mass ratios of the spacecraft, the initial orbits, and the specified transfer time. For comparison purposes, analytical solutions for active-passive rendezvous in the linearized gravity field are also determined. Cooperative rendezvous requires smaller total propellant consumption, resulting in greater payload capability.
Document ID
19940034153
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Coverstone-Carroll, Victoria
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Prussing, John E.
(Illinois Univ. Urbana, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Volume: 16
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0731-5090
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Accession Number
94A10808
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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