Research Article

A First-Order Analytical Theory for Optimal Low-Thrust Limited-Power Transfers between Arbitrary Elliptical Coplanar Orbits

Table 1

Set of initial conditions and transfer duration.

Set 1 Set 2

0 . 0 0 1 0 1.01.0
0 . 0 2 3 7 0.200.20
0 . 0 0 8 1 0.00.0
𝐽 𝑓 8 . 5 4 1 7 × 1 0 5 4 . 2 9 1 3 × 1 0 5
8 . 6 3 2 7 × 1 0 5 4 . 3 1 8 2 × 1 0 5 8 . 6 3 3 2 × 1 0 5
4 . 3 1 8 2 × 1 0 5 0.00.0
𝑡 𝑓 𝑡 0 = 5 0 0 5001000