THE APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TO ORBIT TRANSFER PROCESSES,

Abstract

Contents: Dynamic programming and multistage decision processes; Orbit transfer processes as continuous decision processes; Orbit transfer processes as discrete decision processes; System performance indexes; The optimization of continuous decision processes; A satellite rendezvous problem as a continuous decision process; The optimization of discrete decision processes; Correction of a 24-hour satellite orbit as a discrete decision process.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608368

Entities

People

  • F. T. Smith

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Guidance
  • Instrumentation
  • Optimization
  • Orbits
  • Rendezvous
  • Satellite Orbits

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris