When a launch vehicle carries a payload into space, it must follow a very particular trajectory to achieve its desired orbit. Modern rockets have very tight delta-v budgets and many forces work to rob the rocket of energy, placing limits on the performance of the launch vehicle. Trajectory optimization evolved out of this need to economize on every bit of energy of a launch vehicle. Today NASA uses Optimal Trajectory by Implicit Simulation (OTIS) to optimize trajectories based on given parameters. The Interstellar Boundary EXplorer (IBEX) mission profile is unique and required special alterations to the standard OTIS data output.


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    Title :

    OTIS Modeling of IBEX Flight


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2007-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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