Research Article

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

Table 3

Set of terminal orbits.

Initial orbit 1 Final orbit 1 Initial orbit 2 Final orbit 2 Initial orbit 3 Final orbit 3

𝑥 𝜀 𝑆 , 𝑦 = , 𝜀 𝑘 = 1 𝜀 𝑘 𝑆 𝑘 𝑥 , 𝑦 . ( A . 2 ) 1.0001.0501.0001.0501.0001.050
𝑥 0.1000.1050.2000.2100.5000.525
𝑦 0.00.00.00.00.00.0