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Numerical solutions to exact equations of motion along near-optimal multi-orbit trajectories for a spacecraft in a Newtonian gravitational field

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The actual topic of optimization of multi-orbit low-thrust spacecraft inter-orbital transfers is considered. We have developed an original approach to solving this problem, and it is described.

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  1. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

    B. N. Kiforenko

  2. Shevchenko Kiev National University, Kiev, Ukraine

    I. Yu. Vasiliev

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Original Russian Text © B.N. Kiforenko, I.Yu. Vasiliev, 2011, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 436–452.

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Kiforenko, B.N., Vasiliev, I.Y. Numerical solutions to exact equations of motion along near-optimal multi-orbit trajectories for a spacecraft in a Newtonian gravitational field. Cosmic Res 49, 424–439 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001095251104006X

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