AbstractIn the frame of the first ACT competition on global trajectory proposed by ESA [1], Alcatel Alenia Space has provided a solution based on an internal optimal control Tool T_3D.The method proposed to solve the problem is based on the utilisation of the minimum principle. The necessary condition of optimality for the orbit transfer problem is derived, a boundary problem is formulated and presented. The effort of formulation has been restricted to direct transfers.Finally, a synthesis of the trajectories found in the frame of the competition and after is presented to illustrate the capacity of the method and its limitations.


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    Title :

    First ACT global trajectory optimisation competition: Result found at Alcatel Alenia Space


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    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 61 , 9 ; 753-757


    Publication date :

    2007-01-01


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English