Research Article

Influence of Steering Angle Profiles on the Orbit Transfer Trajectory

Table 5

Boundary conditions for the initial and final orbits (Example 2).

Initial orbitTarget orbit

Semimajor axis−7341.7191 km3869.5815 km
Eccentricity1.2571∼1.28430.4993
Argument of the periapsis0 degreeFree
Periapsis altitude150∼350 km200 km
Orbital period6.0 hour