Visual coverage of surface elements of a small-body object requires multiple images to be taken that meet many requirements on their viewing angles, illumination angles, times of day, and combinations thereof. Designing trajectories capable of maximizing total possible coverage may not be useful since the image target sequence and the feasibility of said sequence given the rotation-rate limitations of the spacecraft are not taken into account. This work presents a means of optimizing, in a multi-objective manner, surface target sequences that account for such limitations.


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    Title :

    Multi-Objective Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectories for Small-Body Coverage Missions


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    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2017 ; San Antonio, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-02-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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