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Low-Thrust Out-of-Plane Orbital Station-Keeping Maneuvers for Satellites
Joint Authors
Gomes, Vivian Martins
de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper considers the problem of out of plane orbital maneuvers for station keeping of satellites.
The main idea is to consider that a satellite is in an orbit around the Earth and that it has its orbit is disturbed by one or more forces.
Then, it is necessary to perform a small amplitude orbital correction to return the satellite to its original orbit, to keep it performing its mission.
A low thrust propulsion is used to complete this task.
It is important to search for solutions that minimize the fuel consumption to increase the lifetime of the satellite.
To solve this problem a hybrid optimal control approach is used.
The accuracy of the satisfaction of the constraints is considered, in order to try to decrease the fuel expenditure by taking advantage of this freedom.
This type of problem presents numerical difficulties and it is necessary to adjust parameters, as well as details of the algorithm, to get convergence.
In this versions of the algorithm that works well for planar maneuvers are usually not adequate for the out of plane orbital corrections.
In order to illustrate the method, some numerical results are presented.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gomes, Vivian Martins& de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini. 2012. Low-Thrust Out-of-Plane Orbital Station-Keeping Maneuvers for Satellites. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1001677
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gomes, Vivian Martins& de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini. Low-Thrust Out-of-Plane Orbital Station-Keeping Maneuvers for Satellites. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1001677
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gomes, Vivian Martins& de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini. Low-Thrust Out-of-Plane Orbital Station-Keeping Maneuvers for Satellites. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1001677
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1001677