Research Article

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

Table 5

Both the zero-DSM and MGADSM solutions for the Earth-Mars mission.

Mission parameter Zero-DSM model MGADSM model

Departure date, 05-Jun-2004 15:50:23 01-Jun-2004 00:00:00
Departure impulse (km/s) 4.612 4.1985
DSM date 20-Jul-2004 16:56:38
DSM impulse (km/s) 0.43784
Venus swing-by date 20-Nov-2004 11:02:26 19-Nov-2004 09:36:00
Pericenter altitude (km) 8050 7962.5
Arrival date 13-May-2005 16:19:11 16-May-2005 21:07:12
Arrival impulse (km/s) 6.1667 6.0906
Mission duration (days) 342.02 349.88

Mission cost (km/s) 10.78 10.73