An approximate analytical method for short-range impulsive orbit rendezvous using relative Lambert solutions

Zhang, Gang; Zhou, Di; Mortari, Daniele

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.05.037

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“…Due to vast applicability of the Lambert method [13], multiple-revolution [14,15,16], perturbed [17,18] and optimized Lambert solutions [19] have been subsequently developed for the multiple impulsive maneuvers. Relative Lambert solutions are also developed [20] and utilized for impulsive rendezvous of spacecraft [21]. Moreover, the effect of orbital perturbations including the Earth oblateness [22,23] and the third body [24] on the impulsive trajectories has been investigated to make more efficient transfers.…”

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A new shape-based multiple-impulse strategy for coplanar orbital maneuvers

2019

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A new shape-based geometric method (SBGM) is proposed for generation of multi-impulse transfer trajectories between arbitrary coplanar oblique orbits via a heuristic algorithm. The key advantage of the proposed SBGM includes a significant reduction in the number of design variables for an Nimpulse orbital maneuver leading to a lower computational effort and energy requirement. The SBGM generates a smooth transfer trajectory by joining a number of confocal elliptic arcs such that the intersections share common tangent directions. It is proven that the well-known classic Hohmann transfer and its bi-elliptic counterpart between circular orbits are special cases of the proposed SBGM. The performance and efficiency of the proposed approach is evaluated via computer simulations whose results are compared with those of optimal Lambert maneuver and traditional methods. The results demonstrate a good compatibility and superiority of the proposed SBGM in terms of required energy effort and computational efficiency.

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