摘要：AbstractMany of the smaller asteroids between Mars and Jupiter have poorly determined orbits with high uncertainties. For successfully completing a transfer missions without consuming unacceptable amounts of fuel, a robust optimal design is needed. In this paper, the spacecraft trajectory planning problem is posed as an optimal control problem. The solutions of the problem is obtained by employing a computationally efficient algorithm, Model Predictive Static Programming (MPSP). The algorithm is used for generating nominal and adaptive trajectories. A comparison study is carried out with classical solutions. The results show that MPSP is highly reliable in generating computationally efficient low continuous thrust transfer trajectories particularly in situations where there are stringent time constraints and robustness is a need.
关键词：KeywordsOrbital transfersTrajectory designAsteroidsOptimal control
