OPTIMAL COOPERATIVE POWER-LIMITED RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING CIRCULAR ORBITS

Citation
V. Coverstonecarroll et Je. Prussing, OPTIMAL COOPERATIVE POWER-LIMITED RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING CIRCULAR ORBITS, Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics, 16(6), 1993, pp. 1045-1054
Citations number
13
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation","Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
ISSN journal
0731-5090
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1045 - 1054
Database
ISI
SICI code
0731-5090(1993)16:6<1045:OCPRBN>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A minimum-fuel rendezvous of two power-limited spacecraft is investiga ted. Both vehicles are active and provide thrust to complete the rende zvous. Total propellant consumption is minimized. Analytical solutions are obtained for cooperative rendezvous in the linearized Hill-Clohes sy-Wiltshire gravity field. The optimal solutions depend in a complica ted way on the power-to-mass ratios of the spacecraft, the initial orb its, and the specified transfer time. For comparison purposes, analyti cal solutions for active-passive rendezvous in the linearized gravity field are also determined. Cooperative rendezvous requires smaller tot al propellant consumption, resulting in greater payload capability.