Optimal reusable-tug and expendable-kickstage trajectories for high-energy planetary missions including correction for nodal precession

Details Optimal reusable-tug and expendable-kickstage trajectories for high-energy planetary missions including correction for nodal precession Optimal reusable-tug and expendable-kickstage trajectories for high-energy planetary missions including correction for nodal precession

Dec 1976

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Physics

Earth Orbital Rendezvous, Earth Orbits, Orbit Calculation, Space Shuttles, Boundary Conditions, Boundary Value Problems, Iteration, Newton-Raphson Method

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Equations are derived by using branched trajectory optimization techniques and the maximum principle to maximize the payload capability of a reusable tug/expendable kickstage vehicle configuration for planetary missions. The two stages and the payload are launched into a low earth orbit by a single space shuttle. The analysis includes correction for precession of the orbit. This correction is done by the tug. The tug propels the payload and the kickstage to an energy beyond earth escape and returns within a specified time to the precessed orbit. After separating from the tug, the kickstage accelerates the payload to the required injection conditions. Planetary injection conditions are specified by the mission energy and a fixed declination and right ascension of the outgoing asymptote. The multipoint boundary value problem resulting from the analysis is solved by a Newton-Raphson iteration technique. Partial derivatives of the boundary conditions are obtained by perturbing the initial conditions one at a time, integrating the trajectory and adjoint equations, and observing the changes in boundary conditions. Maximum payload capability is derived for two typical mission energies. In addition, the variations of several mission and stage parameters are also examined.

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