Characteristics of minimum total-impulse solution of two-impulse orbital transfer are analyzed; geometric approach in velocity space is adopted; by using two single-impulse transfers optimized at initial and final terminals separately, possible locations of two-impulse optimum points in hodograph plane are determined; some vital questions concerning optimum solution, such as presence of extraneous roots of governing optic equation, appearance of unrealistic optimum, existence of multi-optimum are critically examined, and pertinent criteria derived; geometric insight into optimum condition is presented, and simple law resembling Snell's law in optics is found, which appears as law of equal slope in certain simple cases. (12241)


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    Titel :

    Analysis of optimum two-impulse orbital transfer under arbitrary terminal conditions


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    AIAA J


    Beteiligte:
    Sun, F.T. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    AIAA Journal ; 6 , n 11


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1968


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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