High-thrust and low-thrust two-stage Leo-Leo transfer
Abstract
The major aspects of a Leo-Leo transfer involving a large orbital inclination and using a two-stage spacecraft consisting of a high-thrust solid stage and a low-thrust liquid stage are considered. The second stage profile using the least amount of propellant is calculated for a number of spacecraft hardware and dynamical constraints. The nominal trajectory in a case of actual interest is considered. The analysis demonstrates the existence of an optimal transfer profile satisfying a high number of realistic flight constraints.
- Publication:
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Innsbruck International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- October 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986inns.iafcT....V
- Keywords:
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- Earth Orbital Environments;
- Low Thrust Propulsion;
- Multistage Rocket Vehicles;
- Thrust Programming;
- Transfer Orbits;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Constraints;
- Fuel Consumption;
- Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines;
- Solid Propellant Rocket Engines;
- Astrodynamics