Actively controlled electrostatic forces are utilized to control the relative motion of the two-craft formation. The maneuver problem envisioned requires that the maneuver time, the final position, and final velocity vectors match the prescribed values. Two inequality constraints, the minimum distance requirement and the maximum charge level constraint, are taken into consideration. Three-phase patched conic section trajectory approach is proposed to accomplish the maneuver mission. The circular transfer trajectory and the general patched conic section trajectory programming algorithms are developed. The existence of solutions of these two types of trajectories are investigated. Two special cases, which are equally charged trajectory and the joint periapsis trajectory, are taken as examples to show the effectiveness of the trajectory design method.


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    Title :

    Patched Conic Section Maneuver Trajectory Planning For Two-Craft Coulomb Formation


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    Publication date :

    2017-02-01


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    1333032 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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