Design of MGA trajectories for main belt asteroid

Hu Tao Cui*, Dong Qiao, Ping Yuan Cui, En Jie Luan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Asteroid exploration is one of the most sophisticated missions currently being investigated. Gravity-assist trajectories have proven valuable in interplanetary missions such as the Pioneer, Voyager and Galileo. we design interplanetary trajectory for main belt asteroid exploration mission with the Mars gravity-assist (MGA) using pork chop plots and patched-conic theory and give some initial valuable trajectory parameters on main belt asteroid exploration mission with MGA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-446
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series)
Volume10
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Design trajectory
  • Gravity assist trajectory
  • Rendezvous with asteroid

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