We present and discuss trajectory characteristics of low-thrust spacecraft thrusting along the instantaneous velocity vector toward escape. The behavior of the osculating eccentricity is examined, in which eccentricity decreases to a minimum before quickly increasing toward escape (e = 1). We find that the argument of periapsis replaces true anomaly as the fast time variable, and the spacecraft escapes near an osculating true anomaly of 90 degrees. This behavior was observed by the authors while designing thrusting maneuvers for the Dawn spacecraft. In this paper the dynamical theory governing these observations is discussed and explored with numerical simulations.


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    Titel :

    Characteristics of Energy-Optimal Spiraling Low-thrust Escape Trajectories


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    20.08.2017


    Medientyp :

    Preprint


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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