Optimal switching strategy for radially accelerated trajectories

DOI10.1007/S10569-009-9233-2zbMath1223.70094OpenAlexW1992538185MaRDI QIDQ642325

Giovanni Mengali, Alessandro A. Quarta

Publication date: 26 October 2011

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-009-9233-2

zbMATH Keywords

low-thrust trajectoriesmission analysissolar system exploration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orbital mechanics (70M20)

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