Research Article
Solving Coplanar Power-Limited Orbit Transfer Problem by Primer Vector Approximation Method
Table 1
Numerical tests of approximate solutions.
| | Case | Initial Orb. | Target Orb. | Approx. C.R. | Approx. L.D. | Optimum | | | TOF | Cost | TOF | Cost | TOF | Cost |
| | A (<1 Rev) | (1,0,0) | (1,0.1,4) | 4.364 | 0.0009474 | 4.360 | 0.0009469 | 4.359 | 0.0009424 | | B (<1 Rev) | (1,0.8,0) | (1,0.85,4) | 6.026 | 0.0005230 | 5.962 | 0.007268 | 6.016 | 0.0005148 | | C (=4 Revs) | (1,0,0) | (2,0.15,) | 41.48 | 0.002301 | 42.26 | 0.002314 | 41.28 | 0.002290 | | D (=20 Revs) | (1,0,0) | (2,0,) | 208.2 | 0.0004287 | 202.3 | 0.0004288 | 205.1 | 0.0004277 |
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