A Comparative Study of Displaced Non-Keplerian Orbits with Impulsive and Continuous Thrust

Simo, Jules orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-1489-5920 (2017) A Comparative Study of Displaced Non-Keplerian Orbits with Impulsive and Continuous Thrust. In: Spaceflight Mechanics 2017: Proceedings of the 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting. Univelt, Inc., San Diego, California, pp. 2531-2552.

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Abstract

A study of novel families of highly non-Keplerian orbits (NKO) for spacecraft utilizing either solar sail or solar electric propulsion (SEP) at linear order are investigated in the circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP). In addition to a detailed investigation of the dynamics and control of highly NKO, effort will be devoted to develop a strategy that uses maneuvers executed impulsively at discrete time intervals. Thus, impulse control is investigated as a means of generating displaced orbits. In order to compare the continuous thrust and impulse control orbits, linearized equations of motion will be considered for small displacements. The requirements for impulse control and continuous thrust for different values of out-of-plane distance are presented.


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