Reachable and controllable sets for electric propulsion spacecraft are important to many problems including: dynamic replanning, robust mission design, space situational awareness, assessing advanced concepts, and threat assessments. Current methods result in a two-point boundary value problem or are limited in their application. We solve the reachable and controllable problem by formulating it as a multi-stage indirect approach. We demonstrate that this enables rapid, reliable, and autonomous estimates of the reachable and controllable set. We show that our approach works in strong multi-body environments (i.e., flybys) and incorporate uncertainty in initial conditions. These make the algorithm suitable for space situational awareness and deep space applications.
Rapidly and Automatically Estimating Reachability of Electric Propulsion Spacecraft
2022
22 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Algebra, Analysis, Geometry, & Mathematical Logic , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Missile Technology , Algorithms , Bodies , Boundaries , Boundary value problems , Cost analysis , Costs , Deep space , Equations , Equations of motion , Law , Simulations , Situational awareness , Space sciences , Space situational awareness , Spacecraft , Three dimensional , Trajectories
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