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Optimal low-thrust orbital transfers around a rotating non-spherical body

Optimal low-thrust orbital transfers around a rotating non-spherical body

Whiffen, Gregory J.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38273
Date: 2004-02
Keywords: low-thrust; optimal control; asteroid
Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004.
Citation: 14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI, February 8-12, 2004

Abstract:

The NASA Discovery Program mission named DAWN will launch in 2006 to orbit the two giant asteroids Vesta and Ceres. The DAWN spacecraft will use solar-electric propulsion for both the interplanetary cruise and orbital operations at each asteroid.

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