Optimum, Suboptimal and Solar Sailing Orbital Maneuvers for a Spacecraft Orbiting the Earth

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dc.contributor.authorMeireles, Lucas Gouvêa
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Vivian Martins [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPrado, Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida
dc.contributor.authorMelo, Cristiano Fiorilo de
dc.contributor.institutionNational Institute for Space Research (INPE)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionRUDN University
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T16:07:19Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T16:07:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-01
dc.description.abstractThe present research performs numerical studies to search for the best maneuvers, from the point of view of minimum time, to make adjustments in the semi-major axis, eccentricity and inclination of a spacecraft traveling around the Earth. For those maneuvers, low thrust propulsion is used under optimal and sub-optimal assumptions, to verify the main differences in terms of transfer time. In addition, solar sail dynamics is used. The spacecraft is assumed to have a propulsion with a fixed magnitude and that the control is based on choosing the direction of the propulsion. It is found that optimal control gives the minimum transfer time, while sub-optimal control restricted the control to follow a predescribed function, which is assumed to be a constant or linear function in time. Finally, solar sails present themselves as an option where fuel is a critical factor, given their much longer maneuver duration, but with a zero fuel consumption. The numerical-analytical modeling of optimization methods developed in this study can break any type of symmetry in the solutions. In turn, they can increase their energetic efficiency. The present research compares those results in detail, in particular looking at the transfer time in all cases studied.en
dc.description.affiliationPostgraduate Division National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, SP
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Mathematics São Paulo State University (UNESP), Av. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha, 333, SP
dc.description.affiliationAcademy of Engineering RUDN University, Miklukho-Maklaya Street 6
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, MG
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of Mathematics São Paulo State University (UNESP), Av. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha, 333, SP
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 309089/2021-2
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym15020512
dc.identifier.citationSymmetry, v. 15, n. 2, 2023.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/sym15020512
dc.identifier.issn2073-8994
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85149237332
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/249718
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSymmetry
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectastrodynamics
dc.subjectmaximum principle of Pontryagin
dc.subjectoptimal control
dc.subjectorbital mechanics
dc.subjectsolar sailing
dc.titleOptimum, Suboptimal and Solar Sailing Orbital Maneuvers for a Spacecraft Orbiting the Earthen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0755-579X[1]

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