Report presents optimum solutions of 2-impulse orbital transfer problem based on minimum total velocity increment criterion; by use of hodograph parameters, total velocity increment for transfer is expressed as function of one independent variable (i.e., one of transfer orbit hodograph parameters) and trajectory end-point conditions; analytic solutions and attendant transfer characteristics are presented graphically for transfer between any specified trajectory and points lying on circular orbits.
Minimum velocity increment solution for two-impulse coplanar orbital transfer
AIAA J
AIAA Journal ; 1 , n 2
1963
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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