Space the Finite Frontier

Abstract

Reachable and controllable sets for electric propulsion spacecraft are important to many problems including: dynamic replanning, robust mission design, space situational awareness, assessing advanced concepts, and threat assessments. Current methods result in a two-point boundary value problem or are limited in their application. We solve the reachable and controllable problem by formulating it as a multi-stage indirect approach. We demonstrate that this enables rapid, reliable, and autonomous estimates of the reachable and controllable set. We show that our approach works in strong multi-body environments (i.e., flybys).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1204905

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Scheeres
  • Prashant R. Patel

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Law
  • Optimization
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Sciences
  • Spacecraft
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers