The problem of a low-thrust spacecraft controlled to a reference orbit is addressed in this paper. A simple and explicit low-thrust guidance scheme with constrained thrust magnitude is developed by combining the fundamental equations of motion for constrained systems from analytical dynamics with a Lyapunov-based method. Examples are given for a spacecraft controlled to a reference trajectory in the circular restricted three body problem.
Explicit Low-Thrust Guidance for Reference Orbit Targeting
AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2013 ; Hilton Head, SC, United States
2013-08-11
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English
Iterative explicit guidance for low thrust spacecraft
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