Research Article

Autonomous Planning of Multigravity-Assist Trajectories with Deep Space Maneuvers Using a Differential Evolution Approach

Table 1

The discrete and continuous independent design variables of the MGADSM problem.

Continuous design variables (CDV) Discrete design variables (DDV)

Departure date, No. of swing-by maneuvers,
Arrival date, Swing-by planets,
Time of flight, The count of DSMs in each leg,
Normalized pericenter altitudes, Flight direction,
Rotation angles,
Epochs of DSMs,
DSMs, , …,