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Optimal quasi-circular motion of a spacecraft with an energy storage device

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The problem of using an energy storage device in spacecraft low-thrust propulsion systems with a constant-power thruster is considered and solved for optimal quasi-circular maneuvers in the near-Earth space. The maximum payload is the optimality criterion. The optimal control as a function of time and the optimal mass parameters of the spacecraft were determined. Domains of the mass parameters where the use of an energy storage device makes sense are shown.

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  1. Ya. V. Tkachenko
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T. G. Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 93–100, October, 1999.

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Tkachenko, Y.V. Optimal quasi-circular motion of a spacecraft with an energy storage device. Int Appl Mech 35, 1059–1067 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02682319

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