A multiple-impulse function for orbital transfer and its derivatives
Unknown · 2013
Read A multiple-impulse function for orbital transfer and its derivatives by Unknown (2013) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/nasa-tm-19720012221-a-multiple-impulse-function-for-orbital.txt.
Description
James F Kibler and Lawrence H Hoffman of the Langley Research Center wrote this orbital mechanics paper in March 1972, as NASA TM X-2492. Mission planners move spacecraft between orbits with short rocket burns, called impulses. Their function strings several single impulses into one transfer plan. Each single impulse gives the velocity change needed between two orbits. The final orbit may be only partly specified in advance.
The authors derived exact rate formulas for the function. Those derivatives feed optimization methods that search for the cheapest transfer. Exact rates may beat the slower step by step numerical kind. A four impulse transfer is outlined as a worked case. The report runs to twenty three pages. It serves planners of orbital rendezvous and transfer missions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2013 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | NASA NTRS |