Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981aiaa.confqr...s&link_type=abstract
American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Lake
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Galilean Satellites, Interplanetary Trajectories, Orbital Mechanics, Space Missions, Trajectory Analysis, Transfer Orbits, Computer Programs, Fortran, Planetary Orbits
Scientific paper
A Galilean satellite tour design strategy is presented which minimizes the approach velocities at the target satellites. A technique is developed such that once a Hohmann transfer is established between any two adjacent Galilean satellites, transfer trajectories to the remaining Galilean satellites can be derived in a systematic manner. A relationship between spacecraft orbital period and perijove radius is used to develop an algorithm which produces transfer trajectories by simply accounting for the satellites' angular position. The algorithm is incorporated into a FORTRAN code which demonstrates that a finite number of realizable trajectories exist in the specialized Galilean satellite tours due to resonance phasing. The basic assumption is made that the orbits of all the Galilean satellites are circular and coplanar.
Feingold Harvey
Soldner John K.
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