Family of indirect transfer trajectories between circular orbits is used to evaluate mass ratio required to complete round-trip interplanetary missions; results indicate that trajectories yield substantial reductions in total time for low and high thrust vehicles, and that space vehicles propelled with electric rockets may produce greater reductions than high-thrust nuclear rockets.
Fast interplanetary missions with low-thrust propulsion systems
NASA -- Tech Report
1960
56 pages
Report
English
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