Research Article
Autonomous Planning of Multigravity-Assist Trajectories with Deep Space Maneuvers Using a Differential Evolution Approach
Table 11
Bounds of Cassini 2 mission's design variables: second optimization phase.
| | Design variables | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| | No. of DSMs in each mission's leg, | 0 | 2 | | Flight direction, | Prograde | Retrograde | | Departure date, | 10-Nov-1997 | 20-Nov-1997 | | Arrival date, | 01-Dec-2006 | 30-Mar-2007 | | Time of flight (days)/leg, | 125, 800, 2000 | 170, 950, 2500 | | Swing-by normalized pericenter altitude, | 0.1 | 10 | | Swing-by plane rotation angle (rad), | 0 | | | Epoch of DSM, | 0.1 | 0.9 | | DSM (km/s), | −5 | 5 |
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