The coplanar orbit transfer problem has been an important topic in astrodynamics since the beginning of the space era. Though many approximate solutions for power-limited orbit transfer problem have been developed, most of them rely on simplifications of the dynamics of the problem. This paper proposes a new approximation method called primer vector approximation method to solve the classic power-limited orbit transfer problem. This method makes no simplification on the dynamics, but instead approximates the optimal primer-vector function. With this method, this paper derives two approximate solutions for the power-limited orbit transfer problem. Numerical tests show the robustness and accuracy of the approximations.


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    Title :

    Solving Coplanar Power-Limited Orbit Transfer Problem by Primer Vector Approximation Method


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    Publication date :

    2012




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


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