Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jansc..40..335d&link_type=abstract
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences (ISSN 0021-9142), vol. 40, no. 3, p. 335-349.
Statistics
Computation
Earth-Mars Trajectories, Interplanetary Spacecraft, Orbital Elements, Parking Orbits, Planetary Orbits, Earth Orbital Environments, Trajectory Optimization
Scientific paper
A numerical method to find suitable Mars parking orbits is developed which takes into account geometries associated with the asymptotes, along with the nodal precession caused by the oblateness of Mars. A selected orbital plane which contains the arrival asymptote precesses through the stay time to the plane also containing the departure asymptote. The parking orbit is co-planar with both the arrival and departure asymptotes and only in-plane burns are required at both Mars arrival and departure. The need for a plane change at Mars departure to achieve the proper velocity vector for earth return is eliminated. The method requires very little computation time to determine a set of all possible inclinations and right ascensions of the ascending nodes.
Buglia James J.
Desai Prasun N.
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