Mission Planning for Close-Proximity Satellites

Abstract

Given an initial orbit and a set of other orbits of interest, the lowest change in velocity "path" between them is of high value. Software was developed to visualize the change in velocity required from a user defined window of burn to a user defined window of intercept. The time between burn and intercept is unrestricted. Multiple intercepts require searching an n! solution space, research then is focused on ways to pick optimal choices without fully calculating out the cost of doing all possible combinations. Some code was translated from BASIC and the rest was newly developed in MATLAB. The code was validated using orbits with known intercept solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA496780

Entities

People

  • Barry R. Witt

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Circular Orbits
  • Computer Programs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Military Research
  • Orbits
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Stations
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers