Displaced Electric Sail Orbits Design and Transition Trajectory Optimization
Displaced orbits for spacecraft propelled by electric sails are investigated as an alternative to the use of solar sails. The orbital dynamics of electric sails based spacecraft are studied within a spherical coordinate system, which permits finding the solutions of displaced electric sail orbits an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/932190 |