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Global Optimization of Low-Thrust Interplanetary Trajectories Subject to Operational ConstraintsLow-thrust electric propulsion provides many advantages for mission to difficult targets-Comets and asteroids-Mercury-Outer planets (with sufficient power supply)Low-thrust electric propulsion is characterized by high power requirements but also very high specific impulse (Isp), leading to very good mass fractions. Low-thrust trajectory design is a very different process from chemical trajectory.
Document ID
20160001873
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Englander, Jacob Aldo (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Vavrina, Matthew (AI Solutions, Inc. Lanham, MD, United States)
Hinckley, David (Vermont Univ. Burlington, VT, United States)
Date Acquired
February 17, 2016
Publication Date
February 16, 2016
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN29434
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN29434
Meeting Information
Meeting: AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Location: NAPA, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: February 14, 2016
End Date: February 18, 2016
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG14VC09C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
optimization
trajectory
design

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