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.


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    Title :

    Explicit Low-Thrust Guidance for Reference Orbit Targeting


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2013 ; Hilton Head, SC, United States


    Publication date :

    2013-08-11


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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