scholarly journals Survey of Highly Non-Keplerian Orbits with Low-Thrust Propulsion

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. McKay ◽  
Malcolm Macdonald ◽  
James Biggs ◽  
Colin McInnes
Keyword(s):  
Low Thrust ◽  
Keplerian Orbits

scholarly journals Low-Thrust-Enabled Highly-Non-Keplerian Orbits in Support of Future Mars Exploration

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1396-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Macdonald ◽  
Robert J. McKay ◽  
Massimiliano Vasile ◽  
Francois Bosquillon de Frescheville ◽  
James Biggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Thrust ◽  
Mars Exploration ◽  
Keplerian Orbits

Nonlinear dynamics of displaced non-Keplerian orbits with low-thrust propulsion

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 61-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Pan ◽  
Ming Xu ◽  
Hao Huang ◽  
Xiaoqiang Pei ◽  
Yunfeng Dong
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Dynamics ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Keplerian Orbits

Optimal control choice of non-Keplerian orbits with low-thrust propulsion

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga L. Starinova ◽  
Dmitriy V. Kurochkin ◽  
Irina L. Materova
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Keplerian Orbits

Rendez vous with Saturn's rings

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 743-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry T. Nock
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Ring Plane ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Total Impulse ◽  
Saturn's Rings

ABSTRACTA mission to rendezvous with the rings of Saturn is studied with regard to science rationale and instrumentation and engineering feasibility and design. Future detailedin situexploration of the rings of Saturn will require spacecraft systems with enormous propulsive capability. NASA is currently studying the critical technologies for just such a system, called Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP). Electric propulsion is the only technology which can effectively provide the required total impulse for this demanding mission. Furthermore, the power source must be nuclear because the solar energy reaching Saturn is only 1% of that at the Earth. An important aspect of this mission is the ability of the low thrust propulsion system to continuously boost the spacecraft above the ring plane as it spirals in toward Saturn, thus enabling scientific measurements of ring particles from only a few kilometers.

Constrained low-thrust guidance

1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. UNGS ◽  
A. KORNHAUSER ◽  
P. LION
Keyword(s):  
Low Thrust
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