Analytical solution for power-limited optimal rendezvous near an elliptic orbit

DOI10.1007/s10957-008-9369-3zbMath1191.49043MaRDI QIDQ937135

B. E. Eshmatov

Publication date: 20 August 2008

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-008-9369-3

zbMATH Keywords

eccentric orbits; Lambert \(W\) function; Tschauner-Hempel equations; optimal rendezvous; power-limited propulsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49N35: Optimal feedback synthesis

70P05: Variable mass, rockets

49J15: Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations

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