Hohmann-Hohmann and Hohmann-Phasing Cooperative Rendezvous Maneuvers

Optimization control for the far-distance rapid cooperative rendezvous of spacecraft with different masses

“…Therefore, the control process for spacecraft cooperative rendezvous has begun to garner more research attention. Past research on spacecraft cooperative rendezvous was primarily based on a scenario in which two spacecraft had equivalent masses [8,10,11,15,17]. In actual space operation, however, there are usually differences in the masses of the two spacecraft; at times, the differences can be relatively large.…”

“…Therefore, there is a requirement to study the problem of cooperative rendezvous between two spacecraft with different masses. Earlier relevant research [8] indicated that to study the problem of cooperative rendezvous between two Nomenclature a semi-major axis e eccentricity i orbit inclination angle I sp thruster-specific impulse J performance index m 0 initial average mass of two satellites R e radius at the equator u ratio of the amplitude of the actual thrust relative to study the cooperative rendezvous, but the studies are primarily restricted to initial coplanar circular orbits [7,9,12], pulse thrust [15], continuous low thrust [3], and terminal rendezvous and docking [25]. When completing a cooperative rendezvous, the number of design variables will be reduced if the initial orbit is the coplanar circular orbit.…”

Optimal scheduling of multispacecraft refueling based on cooperative maneuver

“…In these kind of strategies, each satellite can play the role of the refueling/ servicing spacecraft (Shen and Tsiotras, 2005;Dutta and Tsiotras, 2009). Systematical studies have been performed on P2P and mixed refueling strategies (Dutta and Tsiotras, 2006), and it has been shown that a mixed refueling strategy consumes less fuel than a strategy with only one service satellite for a large number of satellites and for short refueling periods (Tsiotras and de Nailly, 2005 (Salazar and Tsiotras, 2006;Dutta andTsiotras, 2006, 2008;Dutta, 2009).…”

Network Flow Formulation for Cooperative Peer-to-Peer Refueling Strategies

“…The basic assumption during such a strategy is that all satellites are identical, performing the same functions, and thereby can replace each other in orbit. The other extension of the P2P refueling problem allows for cooperative rendezvous between satellites engaging in a refueling transaction [43,44]. [43] assumed that all satellites participating in the refueling process are in the same circular orbit.…”

“…[43] assumed that all satellites participating in the refueling process are in the same circular orbit. [44] removed this assumption, by allowing the satellites to be in different circular orbits. The E-P2P and the C-P2P strategies can be combined into a single, general strategy of refueling involving cooperative egalitarian P2P (CE-P2P) maneuvers [45].…”