Numerical computation of optimal low-thrust limited-power trajectories - Transfers between coplanar circular orbits

A review of gradient algorithms for numerical computation of optimal trajectories

“…For such system, the fuel consumption is Jf (log) Figure 8. Consumption >1 and non-dimensional time of obtained with the proposal algorithm (combined algorithm) and a linear theory (Silva Fernandes and Golfetto, 2007). One can verify that the curves match almost precisely, presenting good agreement between the numerical and analytical results.…”