Computation of Optimal Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus Trajectories
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Vol. AES-13 (5) , 549-550
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TAES.1977.308424
Abstract
Accurate solutions of minimal time Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus heliocentric trajectories are calculated with a shooting-Newton method. The flight times are less and the steering histories are diferent than those presented in [1], thus contradicting the optimality claims in [1].Keywords
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