Minimum fuel trajectories for rocket flights with soft landings in a uniform gravitational field are presented as functions of two parameters. The solutions are valid for any uniform gravitational field, rocket fuel, and burning rate. The problem is formulated as a flight over a flat moon without atmosphere. The solution is subject to the differential constraints of the equations of motion and the end point conditions which require zero velocity at take-off and landing. (Author)
Minimum Fuel Trajectories with Soft Landings
1964
52 pages
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English
Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Lunar trajectories , Energy management , Lunar craft , Mathematical analysis , Landing , Moon , Gravity , Rocket propellants , Fuel consumption , Combustion , Velocity , Boundary value problems , Equations , Motion , Algebraic topology , Differential equations , Tables(Data) , Combustion rate
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