Orbital trajectories control around non-spherical bodies

The motivation of this work is to make a preliminary study on how to maneuver a vehicle around a body with non-uniform mass distribution using continuous low thrust in a closed loop control system for the trajectory. The simulator used here will be capable of modeling the gravitational field of the body as the sum of the central body and several secondary attraction centers around the main center, depending on the mass distribution of the body. Therefore, knowing the deviation on the orbital velocity of the vehicle due to the deformation of the gravitational field, it will be possible to apply the necessary correction maneuvers, so that the desired orbit can be obtained.