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Optimization of Flights between the Orbits of Artificial Satellites of Two Planets Using a Combination of High and Low Thrusts

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The problem of optimization of the trajectory of an interplanetary flight of a multistaged spacecraft using jet engines with high and low thrust is considered. The issues concerning the problem of choosing the main design parameters of a multistage spacecraft are touched upon. A mathematical model of start-to-finish optimization of all segments of the interplanetary flight trajectory is proposed. Using this model the specific features of flights to the orbits of satellites of Jupiter and Mars are studied.

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  1. Moscow State Institute of Aviation (Technical University), Volokolamskoe sh. 4, Moscow, 125080, Russia

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Fedotov, G.G. Optimization of Flights between the Orbits of Artificial Satellites of Two Planets Using a Combination of High and Low Thrusts. Cosmic Research 40, 571–580 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021557814107

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