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Efficient Maneuver Placement for Automated Trajectory DesignWhen designing a mission, the addition of a maneuver at the right spot often improves the utility of an otherwise mediocre trajectory. However, the additional degrees of freedom of finding the best maneuver location can severely complicate automated broad-search algorithms. A computationally-efficient formulation that reduces the maneuver design space to a single dimension is presented, where the efficacy of additional maneuvers along previously computed transfers is calculated explicitly via Lawden's "primer vector." Examples include leveraging maneuvers to ease capture at Europa, phasing maneuvers to enable resonant-hopping among Saturn's moons, and broken-plane maneuvers on transfers to Mars.
Document ID
20170008267
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Landau, Damon
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 1, 2017
Publication Date
August 9, 2015
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Meeting Information
Meeting: AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Location: Vail, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: August 9, 2015
End Date: August 13, 2015
Sponsors: American Astronautical Society, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Public
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