New capabilities have been added to a method that had been developed for determining optimal, i.e., minimum fuel, trajectories for the fixed-time cooperative rendezvous of two spacecraft. The method utilizes the primer vector theory. The new capabilities enable the method to accomodate cases in which there are fuel constraints on the spacecraft and/or enable the addition of a mid-course impulse to one of the vehicle's trajectories. Results are presented for a large number of cases, and the effect of varying parameters, such as vehicle fuel constraints, vehicle initial masses, and time allowed for the rendezvous, is demonstrated.


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    Title :

    Optimal cooperative time-fixed impulsive rendezvous


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference ; 1990 ; Portland, OR, United States


    Publication date :

    1990-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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