Orbital Maneuvers Using Low Thrust to Place a Satellite in a Constellation

Gomes, Vivian Martins; Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida; Kuga, Helio Koiti

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 098532 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/98532

Orbital Maneuvers Using Low Thrust to Place a Satellite in a Constellation

Vivian Martins Gomes,¹Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado,¹and Helio Koiti Kuga¹

Academic Editor: José Manoel Balthazar

Received19 Apr 2006

Revised20 Sept 2006

Accepted19 Oct 2006

Published23 Jan 2007

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of low thrust suboptimal maneuvers to insert a satellite in a constellation. It is assumed that a satellite constellation is given with all the Keplerian elements of the satellite members having known values. Then, it is necessary to maneuver a new satellite from a parking orbit to its position in the constellation. The control available to perform this maneuver is the application of a low thrust to the satellite and the objective is to perform this maneuver with minimum fuel consumption.

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