TY - JOUR
T1 - Planar high-thrust and low-thrust orbital transfers from earth to Europa
AU - Seywald, Hans
AU - Roithmayr, Carlos M.
AU - Mazanek, Daniel D.
AU - Stillwagen, Frederic H.
AU - Troutman, Patrick A.
AU - Park, Sang Young
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Analytical formulae are summarized to approximate the evolution of the semi major axis, the maneuver time, and the final mass fraction for low thrust orbital transfers with circular initial orbit, circular target orbit, and constant thrust directed either always along or always opposite the velocity vector. For comparison, the associated results for high-thrust transfers, i.e. the two-impulse Hohmann transfer, are summarized. All results are implemented in a computer code designed to analyze planar planetary and interplanetary space missions. As a numerical example, a mission from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Jupiter's moon Europa is analyzed.
AB - Analytical formulae are summarized to approximate the evolution of the semi major axis, the maneuver time, and the final mass fraction for low thrust orbital transfers with circular initial orbit, circular target orbit, and constant thrust directed either always along or always opposite the velocity vector. For comparison, the associated results for high-thrust transfers, i.e. the two-impulse Hohmann transfer, are summarized. All results are implemented in a computer code designed to analyze planar planetary and interplanetary space missions. As a numerical example, a mission from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Jupiter's moon Europa is analyzed.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1542649399
SN - 0065-3438
VL - 114
SP - 709
EP - 729
JO - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
JF - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
IS - SUPPL.
ER -